Originally posted by: Adamwankenobi
Yes, I'll agree that it would have been nice but... at least they can be explained. That's the great thing about Star Wars: it exists in so many different types of media, and can be explained in different media.

You see, that is the problem right there. I don't subscribe to the EU (and most people are in the same boat as me). The fact that the EU has to explain what we should have understood in the films is a disgrace.

Now I'm not knocking EU. The EU is there to explore further into issues that have already been established. Like, we know Luke builds a new lightsaber, we saw it in ROTJ, but if you are curious as to HOW he built it, well that is what the EU is there for. Or if you are curious as to what happens to the whole gang after the Battle of Endor, there again you have the EU to satisfy your little heart's curiosity.

To have the EU explain something so questionable, such as "why the hell does Leia remember her mother and Luke doesn't" is insulting. I am not going to read some pulp fiction book by some no-name author and his interpritation of why something so profound occured. It should have been established in the films.

The EU is not there to tie up George Lucas's loose ends. It is there to provide more detail into subjects that have already been established in the films.