Then maybe we're at cross purposes in what we're looking for in the discussion and why. Identifying the official line or something can be interesting; I especially like discussions about "what the movie shows" - it's what I was responding to in the first place early in the thread. I'm arguing that the official line doesn't matter; at best my train of thought once "the official line" is established is "okay, and?"
I can totally understand what you're saying and can see why that might be a useful reference for starting a discussion, but i get bothered when people start acting like it's the only "correct" answer or that it's "more real", or taking a defeatist attitude like "the official line is _______, I don't like it but that's the way it is", or that there's no place for "head canon" in discussions even if I think some people's head canon is nonsense (sorry, tichinde).