Trivia / Alien: Out of the Shadows

• Ascended Fanon: The aliens are given the official designation "Xenomorph XX121",^note Coined by S. D. Perry for the Alien: The Weyland-Yutani Report databook, though Sea of Sorrow used it first. making the semi-official Fan Nickname "Xenomorph" fully canon, ironically not long after an Ars Technica article berated fans for blowing the term out of context.
• The Other Darrin: The audio adaptation of the saga had Laurel Lefkow replace Sigourney Weaver as Ripley, Mairead Doherty replace Carrie Henn as Newt, and Rutger Hauer replace Ian Holm as Ash.
• Role Reprise: A number of actors from Aliens reprised their roles for River of Pain - William Hope (Gorman), Mac McDonald (Simpson), Stuart Milligan (Jernigan) and Alibe Parsons (the Gateway med-tech) all return, with McDonald being upgraded to a main character.
• What Could Have Been: Alien3 and Alien: Resurrection were nearly rendered non-canon, though Fox changed its mind at the last moment and forced a rewrite making them canon again.

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