Star Wars EU has always had severe flaws (though less so than Star Trek EU, in my opinion). I've always thoroughly enjoyed, however, the Jedi Academy Trilogy by Kevin J. Anderson, the Thrawn trilogy by Timothy Zahn, and the X-Wing/Rath Squadron series (And I, Jedi, of course) by Michael Stackpole and Aaron Allston. Everything else I've come across is just...mreh...

Of course, things got a thousand times worse when some brainiac decided to let Salvatore write for Star Wars. I didn't think EU could get any lower after NJO started...then the PT took root, and I was proved wrong. It's really a shame. The Star Wars universe has so much potential; it's sad to see it so...untapped...