Sorry, don't share your opinion in the least. As a kid, the EU flared my imagination, if anything; the smallest mention/glimpse of the ancient Jedi, the Clone Wars, the Jedi Purge, etc. would send my mind into a whirl of endless questions and infinite imagined possibilities. And I loved experiencing the greater SW Universe, loved seeing the further adventures of Luke, Han, and Leia, loved getting to meet and know characters never even seen in the films. IMHO, the EU did nothing less than compliment the OT, expanding on and enriching it.