Also, if George decided to make Episode VII instead of selling to Disney, do you think for one second that he would have remained faithful to the Fat Dancer getting married to Luke story? Of course not.
If he had done so, I guarantee that none of the EUphiles would be complaining about it at all. See, Lucas never had any respect for the EU and blantantly contradicted it at every turn while making the SEs and PT, but the fanboys never once took him to task for any of it. Instead they just dismissed it with the old “It’s his universe/vison, he doesn’t have to kowtow to the EU if he doesn’t want to” mantra. Lucas’ transgressions are ignored or trivialized while the other Lucasfilm writers – the ones who only followed his example – are reviled as unholy blasphemers.
I think therein lies the primary reason why I don’t like most of the EU; the contents suck, but it’s the self-entitled, double-standardizing fans that really piss me off.