The Story of Shadows of the Empire & What It Takes to Become a "Legend"

Star Wars: Shadows of the Empire is a 1996 multimedia project created by Lucasfilm. The idea was to create a story set between the films The Empire Strikes Back and Return of the Jedi, and to explore all commercial possibilities of a full motion picture release without actually making a film. Shadows of the Empire introduced an entire generation to Dash Rendar and the Outrider, told further tales of Boba Fett and the bounty hunters, had a soundtrack and, of course a video game for the N64. But what about now? Where does it stand? Is it canon? Does it matter?