Is it just me or do Star Wars books start getting depressing after they went to Random House?

I have enjoyed most of the Bantam Books that I got like all the Timothy Zahn books the X-wing books the Han Solo trilogy and the JedI Academy all good.

But Random House.

Cloak of Deception

was boring. The Approaching storm boring. Darth Maul Shadow hunter ok but the other mane character Dies. Rogue planet ok but the living ship Dies. The new Jedi order Chewbacca Dies!!!!!!!!!!L L L L L L .

I should have stopped there but I did not believe that Chewbacca was truly dead , I thought the he was going to come back.

Then to make it worse Anakin Solo who Chewbacca died to save gets him self killed!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! At that point I threw the book at the wall and gave up on Star wars books. The only one I got after the was Tatooine Ghost I liked that I almost did not get it but it had Chewbacca on the cover so I thought it would be good. Is was good but not as enjoyable as some of the Bantam Books. What happened?