Originally posted by: Scruffy
On the plus side, they're correcting some of the mistakes that were made earlier regarding the Death Star's size and the gun complement of an ImpStar. These aren't revelations (see, for instance, Curtis Saxton's site which has been up forever) but it's still nice to see them getting wider circulation.

That's a plus? That's everything that's wrong with the EU. They cater way to much to the tech heads who are worried about whether or not the destroyed death star over Endor would've caused an ecological disaster. That's something the EU needs a lot less of. Shadows of the Empire was a prime example of that crap. It's not the laser they see go by when they're being shot at in an X-Wing, it's the finding beam (which is immediately followed by the invisible laser). Finding beam? Geez. Can't we just accept that it's a space opera and put the hard science aside? Why is it such a big deal if the Death Star's size isn't correct or is different depending on the source? Why does any of that matter?

IMO, that is one of the things that has completely destroyed the EU. They're no longer telling good stories. Now they're just injecting hard science in places where it shouldn't be.