C3PX said:
Just to be clear, I am agreeing with you, warwon. I think it is dumb. And while I was not a huge fan of the trilogy ending with a song that includes the words, "Yub nub" and "celebrate the love", I am even less fond of the ridiculousness of the abrupt end to the Galactic Empire just because their decrepit old leader bites the dust. Surely they had some plan in motion in the event of his death. Even a Sith Lord has to die sometime.

However, in the previous discussion, I was out numbered by those who thought the EU was crap and Star Wars worked better featuring The Amazing Instantaneous Crumbling Empire® (just kill the Emporer and add water and have your very own crumbling empire in mere seconds! Adult supervision required.)

You weren't outnumbered. But you admitted you were mistaken and claimed to see my point of view. Nor was it an issue of whether the EU was crap or Star Wars worked better with an instantaneously crumbling empire. The issue was whether the original intention back in 1983 was that the empire ended after Palpatine's death. As for the EU, the point was not that it was crap. The point was that it was just the EU and that the 90s EU was doing a revisionist take when it had the empire continue in a major way after ROTJ.