You have a balanced view of the EU, which I appreciate. Most here seem to have a grudge against it. Star Wars: Galaxies is player controlled. Only the basic story elements are considered canon by Lucasfilm, becuase it varies as far as the stories go.

Now, with Star Trek, I can accept that the books and such are not canon. That being becuase Paramount Pictures doesn't consider them canon. Lucasfilm, however, does consider all of the EU works canon, therefor I call them canon. It is fine to have a personal canon, I'm merely going by Lucasfilm when I refer to it.