Can you believe people wrote petitions and “Gave up on Star Wars” because they wiped out a universe where “Fat Dancer” is basically Luke’s best friend and the three-eyed son of Palpatine takes over the Empire? Ugh. I’m so glad it’s all gone.
Yeah, I’ll never understand the EU fantards. The real kicker is that most of them are fans of Mara Jade and the Solo kids, but all but one of those characters were all dead by the time the EU drew to a close. Why would anyone feel any love or dedication to a universe that kills off most of your favourite characters?
Most of EU is crap, but not all EU is bad. Of course, the most stupid EU is the most popular one coming from books/comics, i.e. Solo’s kids stuff, Luke’s kid stuff, Mara Jade stuff, Thrawn stuff, Yuuzhan Vong crap, cloned Emperor crap, etc.
The best EU comes from video games: DF series, KOTOR, SWTOR.