7 Ways Alien: Earth Changed the Franchise's Canon Lore

Warning! This article contains SPOILERS for Alien: Earth season 1.Disney and FX's Alien: Earth made some substantial changes to the canon lore of the Alien franchise, and these seven additions recontextualize the entire universe. Alien: Earth isn't necessarily fully canon. It was originally envisioned as being "parallel" to the main Alien movies and their canon, but there's also a strong case to be made that it is actually a canon addition to the franchise.