I think it's a bad idea because it'll be Star Wars in name only. It'll take place in the same galaxy and follow the same story, but there will be these crappy characters that no one could possibly care about. The expanded universe novels were cool because they continued the adventures of Luke and the others. But does anyone remember that Galaxy of Fear series for children? I own one, but I was never able to read it because all these new people just didn't do it for me at all. One of the only series that has been able to pull that off is Star Trek, but even that has had its share of spinoffs that no one has cared about. Mark my words, this will be considered the Mayberry R.F.D of the Star Wars saga (to be honest, I liked that show, but hardly anyone else does, so it's a good example...).