Thread:JordanPowers95/@comment-84074-20181106043204/@comment-84074-20181118220418

Of course there's no mention of Ace in Phase 1 because its a retcon. Just like the events of Rogue One, the Clone Wars animated series (with the old guy in Return of the Jedi being a clone trooper), etc in Star Wars. There won't be any evidence in Phase 1 beyond what we already know from the 2003 movie because it was the catalyst of the crossover.

On top of that, the newspaper won't explicitly say that Murdoc met a felon in Townsville because its a newspaper. The events just transpired off-screen and happened at some point just like all the new details of Noodle's origins that were added in the G-Shock interview; it can be added after the fact and Murdoc's acknowledgement of Ace is no different from that in regards to Phase 1.