GalacticFunk wrote:
You know the more I think about the likelihood of the Star Wars Expanded Universe Cannon material being discarded in favor of new stories for new films the less I care.
I understand the push back from fans who don't want the EU as they know it to be erased. But at the same time all of those books, comics, video games, etc are still going to exist.
I imagine we are going to end up with handy little terms such as Old EU and New EU to describe the different story lines.
The key is how well the new films are done and frankly after seeing what Lucas did with the Prequel Trilogy there is plenty of room to take the new films to heights we haven't seen in a long long time. Even if Episode 7 checks in as the 3rd best Star Wars film of all time we could be doing just fine.
If they knock this thing out of the park I will gladly refer to old and new EU even if it's just us Star Wars fan boys who get it.
Spot on, especially the bolded part. "Disney is going to ruin [your] minis"? No they aren't. Are they going to come into your house and melt them all down, then burn all your books? No, they aren't. They aren't going to "ruin" anything.
If you really enjoy the stories, you are allowed to continue enjoying them. Maybe you won't like the new stuff as much because it doesn't involve the old stuff, but in no way does that change the old stuff. You're not going to forget the Heir to the Empire trilogy if the new movies and books don't every mention Thrawn.
If the new stuff is good, then it's good, and hating on it because it doesn't recognize the old stuff is just immature fanboyism.