joefavs said:

It would be neat if the new EU manages to make significant strides towards redeeming the prequel era.

Yes it would be, though in fairness the old EU already did that.

It's probably no coincidence that this will be out until January. Despite the vitriol many hold towards the PT era, there's no reason for me to automatically hate any thing set in that period. There's potential for a good story there, I'll keep an eye on it. I still haven't read any of the new Marvel stuff so I can't guess on the quality.