woofermazing said:
What annoyed me about the EU was so much of it revolved around the original cast or their kids. It made the universe feel small.
Fox has been doing pretty much the same thing with X-men. They have a huge volume of rich characters and story lines to pull from, yet all but one movie has been centered on Wolverine.
A question was asked about this during the "What is canon" panel at Celebration (hosted by Leland Chee and Pablo Hidalgo).
Essentially, 'what needs to happen to avoid a big mass of story for the central characters' that was unreasonable - i.e., there are only so many iconic events or enemies one character could reasonably face. Luke wouldn't save the galaxy every other week for 35 years.
Response: story group are very carefully considering this for all characters.