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Nope, don't care at all. I like the original cuts of the OT. If I had to pick a "cannon" that would be it. But I also like a smattering of the EU. The old Han Solo novels, some of the comic books, the Thrawn trilogy, the Jedi Knight video games. But to me it's all just entertainment. It's fun stories featuring characters and locations/environments that I enjoy. I don't take any of it too seriously.
A good example is the silly 90's comic book where Boba Fett fights Darth Vader. I actually like it. It's utterly ridiculous and incredibly corny, and I don't for one second think it fits in with the "film universe". But I like Darth Vader and I like Boba Fett and I think it's a fun idea to see them fight. And the comic did it in a way that, while quite silly, didn't do anything to make me roll my eyes in disgust by changing the central qualities of either character.
So that's about it. The original films are sacred ground. Anything else is fun escapism, so long as it generally fits with the tone and established characterizations of the original films, but mostly doesn't walk all over or completely fly in the face of what came before it (like so much of the prequel stuff did).