I have to agree. More than once these dumb moves have ruined something in the star wars universe. Like you said The NJO ruined the expanded Universe. I dimiss all of it completly now, I'm done. The last straw was another skywalker (ok, a solo by name) became a sith. I mean get real, again? WTF...get serious, and give Luke and them a break. You mean to tell me Luke, not obi-wan, yoda or the emperor, was the only one than sensed there was still good in his father, yet he couldn't tell that his nephew was turning or sense anything with Mara??? Plus it's the whole, geez, ANOTHER skywalker bloodline gone bad??? That whole story line ruined the expanded universe. It's just sad to see lucas allowing it to happen again.