[An4ximandros]

Enjoy before Disney retcons the EU into oblivion.

[Hades]

Let's be honest though, 90% of the EU is awful and it being retconned can't exactly be called a bad thing.

[InsaneBaron]

Let's be honest though, 90% of the EU is awful and it being retconned can't exactly be called a bad thing.

I disagree strongly.

Not sure if you've ever read Timothy Zahn or Karen Travis, but...

[Scotty]

Karen Traviss is good for Republic Commando and Hard Contact, and after the publication of those two books might as well not exist in terms of "good" Star Wars EU.  Zahn is good.  Stackpole and Allston on the X-Wing series was good.  Stover's novelization of Revenge of the Sith and Traitor during the New Jedi Order were also very good.

Beyond that it starts to get fuzzy.

Which is all besides the point that Disney isn't necessarily throwing out all of the EU, they're just taking the time before the next movie comes out to definitively say what is and is not canon - something that Star Wars has sorely, sorely needed for decades.

[StarSlayer]

Jedi Prince series is totes canon



you know it to be true

[InsaneBaron]

Jedi Prince series is totes canon



you know it to be true

Anything but that! 

[General Battuta]

Karen Traviss is good for Republic Commando and Hard Contact, and after the publication of those two books might as well not exist in terms of "good" Star Wars EU.  Zahn is good.  Stackpole and Allston on the X-Wing series was good.  Stover's novelization of Revenge of the Sith and Traitor during the New Jedi Order were also very good.

Beyond that it starts to get fuzzy.

This post is mostly true, but even good EU isn't all that good (except maybe Stover). Zahn is a really cool guy and a ton of fun to hang out with, though.

[Hades]

Let's be honest though, 90% of the EU is awful and it being retconned can't exactly be called a bad thing.

I disagree strongly.

Not sure if you've ever read Timothy Zahn or Karen Travis, but...

Wow matey, it's almost like I said that most EU is garbage, not all.

[Phantom Hoover]

Which is all besides the point that Disney isn't necessarily throwing out all of the EU, they're just taking the time before the next movie comes out to definitively say what is and is not canon - something that Star Wars has sorely, sorely needed for decades.

Why, exactly? It's not like there's some platonic True Star Wars which we must strive to attain; just let it be a mess, and see what comes of it.

[Beskargam]

I personally think that all of Travis's work was some of the best period, not just republic commando and hard contact.

Same with Zahn

[Grizzly]

It took me 3 posts in to realize that "EU" means "Expanded Universe" and not the "European Union" 0_o.

[Lorric]

It took me 3 posts in to realize that "EU" means "Expanded Universe" and not the "European Union" 0_o.

If it makes you feel any better, for me, it took you.

I didn't know what they were talking about!

[An4ximandros]

Maybe I should have said Putin instead of Disney to make the joke more obvious...

[InsaneBaron]

Karen Traviss is good for Republic Commando and Hard Contact, and after the publication of those two books might as well not exist in terms of "good" Star Wars EU.  Zahn is good.  Stackpole and Allston on the X-Wing series was good.  Stover's novelization of Revenge of the Sith and Traitor during the New Jedi Order were also very good.

Beyond that it starts to get fuzzy.

This post is mostly true, but even good EU isn't all that good (except maybe Stover). Zahn is a really cool guy and a ton of fun to hang out with, though.

Wait, you've met Zahn?

[General Battuta]

Yeah I've taught with him. Spent a few days living in the same dorm and eating at the same table, he was super cool.

[InsaneBaron]

Yeah I've taught with him. Spent a few days living in the same dorm and eating at the same table, he was super cool.

Not sure if pulling my leg (eyes calendar suspiciously) but if true, then awesome.

[yuezhi]