Also, I know GC shows can be done seriously, but I got visions of this in my head while I was reading your post: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YDDHHrt6l4w. (Funmation Watchmen)

It has the potential to make Thrawn become an ineffective "Shredder" type villain.

My wife and I have been reading the Thrawn trilogy recently and it's made me realize that the "true" sequel to RotJ would more or less be the "boring parts" of those books: the political problems inherant in starting a new Gov't to replace the Empire. Similar to the struggle in the USA after independence. Everyone could agree that the imperials had to be thrown out (I'm speaking, of course, of all you British dogs here on the site :) ) but no one was quite sure what had to replace it. After the Empire, they couldn't simply go back to the Old Repuplic style of Gov't- the Galaxy had changed too signifigantly for that! The Galaxy was used to imperial rule, but wanted something else- something better. What could that be? And who could rule it? Did someone need to rule it? Was a transitionary Gov't required to get things in order before the old form of Gov't would work again? Could you return to the era of a Repuiblic with no army or navy of its own? How can you create a new order without becoming the New Order of the Empire?

But that would make a fairly boring show. No action, no Jedi vs Sith battles, no superweapons to blow up. It wouldn't evoke Star Wars much.