Wish I had experienced more of the EU before George sold Star Wars to Disney. I was born in 1998 so I had plenty of time. It’s a shame since I no longer have the patience and bandwidth to pick up a book and read it.
For added context, I read a few novels here and there. For example, I believe I caught the end of the Legacy of the Force series which allowed me to see Ben, Anakin, Jaina, Jacen, Mara Jade, Leia, Han, and Luke in their EU glory. I also read some stories from the ancient days of the Sith and Jedi. All of this was done as a teenager in my local public library who graciously had many of these EU and old canon books/comics along with many other nerdtastic stories. I was enthralled with the extra stories that Star Wars canon couldn’t provide at the time. Then George sold the rights for billions of dollars which cut off further EU stories from coming to fruition. What a shame. My only hope now is that one day, I’ll read more about the forgotten history which has since been renamed “Legends”. I have been watching passionately made YouTube videos on topics from the EU over the past decade and a half but it’s not the same as truly experiencing the EU as fans from the 90s and 2000s did.
I wish to have a chance to play more Jedi Knight games along with SWTOR as I’ve already experienced these eras on screen with two Jedi Knight games and the two KOTOR games.
I hope Filoni pushes for more similar content as displayed in the EU without forgetting who originally told those stories as well as how they were both told and experienced by millions of fans.
After the travesty that was the Star Wars sequels and Kathleen Kennedy falsely stating that there was no extra material to use for said trilogy, I believe LucasFilm has mostly bounced back from that era. We have such great content as the final season of the Clone Wars, Rebels, Bad Batch, Tales of the Jedi, Jedi Survivor, Maul— Shadow Lord, Rouge One, The Mandalorian (and the new movie), presumably some parts of the High Republic initiative (haven’t experienced it), and various comics from all over the place (which I have yet to read).
I hope Disney listens to the passionate creators inside LucasFilms to capitalize off of their love of the franchise. We don’t need half assed plots, character development, and lore breaking moments. They need the original spirit of George Lucas and love from the fans. Let’s hope Dave Filoni keeps up this influx of amazing story telling and runs with it.
