hawkeyefan
Legend
Well the extended universe lasted 30 years and feeds into audiences expectations. Sure they decleared it non canon but it doesn't make it go away. The best of it was also up there with ESB.
Disney obviously chose a different approach and hence the backlash, boycotts and financial problems (toylines, Solo). There's also an article floating around abut the typical Star Wars fan. It's a 43 year old white male and I'm younger than that so you had 30 years of experience and expectations Disney nuked. They're the ones who huy the toys, comics etc and have been doing it since the early 90s if not child hood Marvel comics.
And some of those stories were very good. Knights of the Old Republic, Thrawn Trilogy/Duology, anything by Zahn/ Drew Kapeshyn, Han Solo Trilogy. They also had worse than TLJ but it's open season on that stuff as well.
Disney can do what they want it's there franchise now. Doesn't mean you have to buy into it. Haven't bought any of the new novel or comics just read the wiki. It's just fatigue 25 years of novels don't really want to start over an do it all over again especially when the new novels aren't that well regarded even if you like the new movies.
Yeah, man.....that very brief description fits me, and I was around for all that stuff. Star Wars was the first movie I saw in the theater. I read the Zahn books when they came out, I played the RPG of the time from West End. I had plenty of the Marvel comics, and then Dark Empire when Dark Horse picked up the license. I was the perfect age for all of that stuff.
But that doesn't mean that they should be making movies "for me". I have no expectations for the films based on the comics or novels. In fact, I prefer they actively avoid following the paths of the books or comics. I'd prefer something new.
They didn't "nuke" anything. The Zahn books are still on a shelf in my basement if I feel like I'd enjoy a re-read. They're not gone. They aren't considered canon...but so what? I don't think that's a factor of the quality of any of the extended universe stuff.