I just wanted to point out how Lucas is lazy about the Continuity of his own work.
When Bantam Books, and Del Rey, as well as Dark Horse Comics under the Lucas Licensed Publishing Program at least up until Episode 1 strived hard to do in the EU and did it very well. They were Continuity buffs.
The original trilogy and prequels don't mesh well because Lucas went back and changed story points and Character interactions and so forth that were not Alluded to in the scripts or the oot.
Yoda was Supposed to Be Kenobi's master. You had to be a Jedi Master to train A jedi Knight. This whole padawaan thing is rediculous as well as the midiclorians.
You now only have to be Knighted to have an apprentice completely wrong in reference to the oot. Anakin was barely knighted when he went down the dark path there is no way he would be a master.
To Top it all off the Biggest and most laughable thing ever is that the Emperor Created the Rebellion. THe Biggest What the Fuck moment in star wars history. I wish i could take a time machine back to 1977 or 1980 and tell them that the emperor Created the rebellion. WTF? is what they would say. Come again get the fuck outta here you are fucking kidding me.
This Video pretty much sums up my feelings
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LDCjIjsZp_Y
And the G4 parody of rotj points out more Lucas blunders