Vaderisnothayden said:
AxiaEuxine said:
I submit to you that they are nether reductive or stupid. I enjoy them.

You may enjoy them, but that doesn't mean they're not reductive and stupid. There's so much stupid shit in the EU that really brings the SW universe down.

That's true, overall the EU is a worthless pile of bunk, especially since the PT came along and everyone felt compelled to try and incorporate it. (Although, for me, the EU was ruined as soon as Vector Prime came along and started the NJO series. What a pretentious piece of garbage that was!)

Although I still contend that, for all the pomposity and stupidity of the overwhelming majority of SW EU, there are still a few treasures that are, lamentably, all-too-often thrown out with the bathwater, so to speak. The Rogue Squadron books (including "I, Jedi") are superb; that series is really the cream of the crop as far as I'm concerned (excepting Starfighters of Adumar; it was a complete let-down). The Thrawn Trilogy is, of course, quite masterful, though Zahn's other SW work is pretty unremarkable. I also recommend the Jedi Academy Trilogy by Kevin J. Anderson: it's a good series overall, even though there are occasional moments of sheer stupidity. A lot of the old "Tales of the Jedi" comics are superb as well.