Easterhay said:

You have no heart, DuracellEnergizer; that sequence still chokes me up.

Yes, I know -- I should feel sad for the deaths of aloof genetic supermen enforcers who had little to no personality on-screen.

As for the EU, it's a separate entity. Even more so now.

Unfortunately, I didn't know that at the time. At that time, I had been led to believe that the EU was fully canon, that Lucas respected the EU, and that the films would remain true to the EU and build off of its ideas while still telling its own story.

Had I known otherwise, I may not have been so disappointed. But things are the way they are, and I still don't like Order 66 or the rushed extermination of the Jedi.