Vaderisnothayden said:

Your Shadows of Empire and Thrawn trilogy are inferior to the Marvel comics, which were far truer to the spirit of Star wars (despite some odd stuff) than the later stuff ever was.

I whole-heartedly agree with this.

I also agree with the idea that the Empire or the Sith are still a threat is what sucks about the EU. Everytime the galaxy is being threatened and Luke has to go mopping up the place only cheapens the original victory of the rebels in the movies. All the EU does is dilute the punch of the pint that is the Original Trilogy.