[Demdike@Cult Labs]

Originally Posted by Cinematic Shocks

I see no problem with expanding the universe, something the old EU novels, comics, and video games (plus The Clone Wars animated series) were doing long before Disney bought Lucasfilm, and they’re drawing elements from this source material. Star Wars is so much more than just the original trilogy, and it should be; it’s a rich mythology set in a vast galaxy inhabited by so many characters, and has so many stories to tell. I think they’ve done a good job so far, and as for just being in it for the money, I think they’ve lovingly featured callbacks to those beloved three films, and at the same time, managed to push the mythos forwards.

Originally Posted by keirarts

I have always called bullshit on people citing the extended universe books and comics as proof the characters have more depth. If it's not in the films then it's just fan fiction as far as I'm concerned. Disney did the right thing when they basically said they were ditching it all. Otherwise anyone hired to make a film has to read through several hundred novels in case they get details wrong. No writer wants that. It's one of the reasons Star trek wasn't attracting new fans and saw it's popularity wane. It was pandering to a small number of hardcore fans.

Clearly a bone of contention between fans then.