More “OT accurate” material for the Prequel era would be awesome!

It is a pity that Lucas kept the “Prequel era” off limits for writers before the PT movies were released, other than the content from thousands of years ago.

Which is kind of weird, as he used much of the TOTJ content for the Sith backstory and ideas for the PT movies?

More Solo books like Brian Daley’s, or Lando books like L. Neil Smith’s, would have been interesting. Quality stuff like Andor is how I imagine good Prequel era content that is “OT accurate”.

Was there any highly regarded “Prequel era” fan stories from before 1999?