Oh come on. I wasted time as a kid following those stupid Marvel comics ... only to see them undone with each movie. I read Splinter of the Mind's Eye and all those other books that were tossed out of the canon. I *tried* to dip my toes in the expanded universe in the 90's, and most of that is gone, too. Even the movie novelizations contradict the films!

There's more Star Wars that contradicts the films than not ... so much so that it's hardly worth following the expanded universe. Whatever Lucas publishes today can't be trusted tomorrow .... except for the films, and he can't even keep those straight. It's really not some big puzzle that all comes together in the end ... in fact that's one of the main reasons I find Sith so disappointing. Stuff like wiping C3PO's memory or tossing in the Death Star 20 years ahead of time is akin to cutting a jigsaw puzzle piece with a pair of scissors to make it fit with the larger puzzle ... cut enough pieces of the puzzle and it no longer forms a clear picture when completed.