NeverarGreat said:
On one hand, it would be a breath of fresh air to dispense with the EU. On the other hand, it would be admitting to the fans that a vast swath of the Star Wars universe simply doesn't exist anymore. I find that to be a less than creative solution. In my opinion, the most important, most sacred duty of writers is to their created universes. If the creators and stewards of a fictional universe treat it with contempt, why should anyone else do otherwise?
Lucas has already shown contempt for his created universe, and has shot out the legs of both the OT and the EU in his pandering to Generation Stupid. If someone else decides to pick the gun up at this point and continue the target practice, who cares? The damage is done.
Fang Zei said:
I could see an EU reboot seriously pissing off a lot of fans. Lucasfilm always said the books were canon, even if they were a lower level of canon.
And we've always been at war with Eastasia.
There've been serious shakeups to the continuity, but Lucasfilm has always been able to retcon it away.
Yeah - poorly. Oh so epically poorly.
What I would much rather prefer they do is simply set the movie whenever they are now in the books.
Sometimes dead is better.