DuracellEnergizer said:
imperialscum said:
Well I don't mind seeing some stuff introduced in the prequels (planets, double-bladed lightsabre etc.)
This is a tangent, but I'd just like to clarify that the double-bladed lightsaber is an EU invention, not a PT one. Lucas just lifted it for his own purposes.
One of my friends told me about how pissed he was in the theater when Maul turned out to have a double-bladed lightsaber. Even after I told him that Terry Brooks' novelization makes it clear Maul got the idea from reading about Exar Kun, my friend only took it as Lucas saying to the fans "Oh, yeah, I've got your expanded universe right here" (motions towards crotch). He was also disappointed not to have any mention of spaarti cylinders or Jorus C'Boath in the PT.
That TPM novelization was the beginning of the EU bending over backwards to reconcile the fans' expectations with George's vision. I think it was Cloak of Deception where C'Boath shows up at the Jedi temple. One of the clone wars comics (from '02-'05) explained that it was a crashed Trade Federation ship carrying toxic chemicals that ruined Honoghr. Zahn himself even wrote a clone wars short story around that same time.
Regarding the whole "explanation of the force in the PT and the OT," I don't see how Qui-Gon's midichlorian story to Anakin in TPM contradicts Yoda's talk to Luke in ESB. Qui-Gon simply said "without the midichlorians, life could not exist and we would have no knowledge of the force," meaning they are the conduit through which the force connects with the living world