User blog comment:Ramikad Galaxywave/The Force Awakens: Issues/@comment-24314336-20141220185219/@comment-26430693-20141220222818

It's not a reboot.

It's a continuation of the saga.

Just because they dissoluted a lot of canon doesn't make it a reboot -- plus all of that canon is hailed as "legends", therefore they COULD have happened but it isn't 100% evident.

There's a difference.