I'm completely light. And I am quite familiar with the EU.
I grant you every right to have your position and stauchly defend it.
But what if you're one of the apparenly few and far between that doesn't mind what Lucas has or hasn't done with SW, in any incarnation? What if you're the guy that just really, super, duper, honest to golly gee willakers LOVES Star Wars! I mean loves it, in all it's glorious imperfection and reimagination. What if it has brought you joy since you were a small boy (or girl) from 1977 on and that, oddly enough, despite all your efforts to the contrary, despite the fact that you are a jaded and cynical individual as a whole, what if you just still realllllllly LOVE Star Wars. It brings you joy, laughter, and entertainment. It brings people into your life that you might not have met otherwise.
And what if every time you opened a magazine to read a video game review, or started up a web page to check your email, or logged on your XBox, or what have you and EVERY time there was someone bashing Star Wars, Lucas, etc...
If there is a place for everyone, which I totally agree there is, then why is it that there are so many who just don't get that they need to STFU and leave others to their joy in peace?
I have a very good friend who loves, or loved, SW. But now, she's not so wild about the Special Editions. She's not so wild about the Prequils. We've argued and discussed till we are blue in the face. She stubbornly believs in her position and refused to budge. Even a smidge. But we can still come together on many things IN Star Wars, but we've agreed to disagree about the incarnation that SW has had since ROTJ came out. And our friendship is better for it...
So why can't everyone (channeling Rodney King) just get along? Why do we have to constantly be reminded that so many out there just think Lucas is a moron and has ruined THEIR Star Wars?
If there truly is a place for everyone, as you say, then where is the place for the guy who still loves all that SW has to offer without complaint who can live a peacful life without having to avoid everything he loves in order to avoid all the negativity thrust upon him? Where does that guy go?