Here's why I hate Thrawn: I feel that the Empire should die with Palpatine. To have the Sith and/or the Empire outlive Palpatine undermines Palpatine's death and all that the heroes of the original trilogy fought for.

The reason I always hate on the EU is that on many pro-EU websites I've seen people saying that the sequel trilogy should make sure not to contradict the EU. I was appalled at the idea of the movies making sure to be consistent wih other material, so I joined a community that is known not to be particularly fond of the EU, and that community is originaltrilogy.com.