darth_ender said:
What do I like about the EU? I like that the EU has really tried to pull Europe together to avoid the nationalistic strife that has plagued them with war for centuries. Unfortunately they are having monetary difficulties that seem to be dragging down the world economy, but their intentions were in the right....oh, wait....wrong room!
lol. I always thought both EUs had the same "good intentions"/positive elements to mixed results factor. The European Union gets a huge A+ for banding together the previously nearly-perpetually war-torn Europe and attempting to effect continental peace and economic unity. The Expanded Universe gets a huge A+ for adding extra stories to an amazing film trilogy for obsessive and Star Wars hungry super-fans like us. However, the European Union has had terrible ramifications on the global economy and have failed to completely fiscally unite the region (UK not adopting the Euro; the relative "failure" of the currency itself), and the Expanded Universe has had a plethora of total duds and misfires which take the series in a totally strange if not undesirable direction...and prequelization has plagued it as of late.
Anyway...I really want to read the Lando books. Can never find them (not even in used "thrift" book stores).