Some fans who have seen Jurassic World: Chaos Theory are curious if the Netflix series is canon and directly connected to the Jurassic Park and Jurassic World movies. The series premiered on May 24 and serves as a sequel to Jurassic World: Camp Cretaceous, taking place six years after that series’ events.
So does Jurassic World: Chaos Theory connect to the wider Jurassic Park/Jurassic World franchise in any way and if so, how does it tie into the movies? Here is everything you need to know.
Is the Jurassic World: Chaos Theory series canon to the Jurassic Park movie franchise?
Yes, Jurassic World: Chaos Theory is canon to the Jurassic Park and Jurassic World movie franchises.
The events of Jurassic World: Chaos Theory are set shortly before the events of Jurassic World: Dominion, the third installment in the Jurassic World trilogy (via AWN).
Moreover, Chaos Theory takes place six years after the events of Jurassic World: Camp Cretaceous, which is set around the same time as the Jurassic World trilogy. Also, it features several references to events and characters in the wider Jurassic Park franchise such as Dr. Alan Grant and Dr. Ellie Satler, characters in the Jurassic Park and Jurassic World movies who are referenced in Camp Cretaceous Season 1 as authors of a research paper on dinosaur fossils.
How is Netflix’s animated Jurassic World: Chaos Theory show connected to live-action movies?
Jurassic World: Chaos Theory connects to the live-action Jurassic Park movies in two ways. One is Brooklynn’s investigation into the illegal capture and sale of dinosaurs, through the secret website Dark Jurassic, which ties into an important plotline in Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom, which is the secret auctions of dinosaurs.
Another connection is the plot point of Nublar Six discovering some dinosaurs being illegally sent by the Department of Historic Wildlife (DPW) to Malta, a location that appears in Jurassic World: Dominion, where the dinosaur smuggler Soyona Santos ships her four trained atrociraptors Ghost, Red, Tiger, and Panthera.
