timdiggerm said:

All they have to do is not include Mara Jade, and there goes another chunk of EU.

Well, that shouldn't be too complicated because (spoiler, I guess) she was killed off in the books.

See, this is a good example (to me, anyway) of how they could take the "constrainments" of the post-RotJ EU and use it to do something interesting. I can't help but think of JJ's Star Trek. Han Solo's relationship with his nephew could be like Christopher Pike and Kirk. Luke could be the shadowy Obi-Wan/Spock character who's out there and Ben eventually bumps into him. All I'm saying is that it makes for an interesting dynamic.