The poit he is trying to make is that he is stuck on a speeding EU, and needs to know where he can get off at.
I'd say somewhere circa 1997 is a safe place. That was an exciting time to be a Star Wars fan. Before the dark times... before the major revisions.
Even the SE's were a lot of fun that year, I loved going to the theater and seeing them on the big screen. The changes were a fun little bonus, movies we had seen over and over and over again, now with some fun little extra bits. Of course, back then we thought they actually were special editions, and not the first step into a disappointing future for the franchise as well as the first draft of the only versions we'd eventually be permitted to see.