I would like to gather info from fans about the mythos that existed before we knew there would be a Prequel. There were certain things about the SW universe that we knew about, or had enough background info, to speculate about. These insights were developed by hashing together titbits found in licensed fiction from lucasfilm, in games, like those from West End, and from published background info about how Lucas developed the stories (Skywalking and the Annotated Screenplays).

Share what you remember of the mythos of this period and tell us what sources you recall the ideas being based on, or even drawn directly from (i.e. West End Games Star Wars Sourcebook, my personal favorite form the time).

I see this thread being a chronicle of what the SW universe and story were to us before the Prequels were begun.