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<blockquote data-quote="Mustrum_Ridcully" data-source="post: 7798135" data-attributes="member: 710"><p>Well, the "old EU" is also what kept Star Wars a cash cow between the trilogies. If we didn't have that, chances are good there would be no new Star Wars at all, because it would have been forgotten.</p><p></p><p>Also it seems to be a false dichotomy to claim that new Star Wars could not possibly retain the EU fans. It's just there particular approach didn't work to retain them. And if the EU fans not watching Star Wars is what's "killing" Star Wars now, then it means that it should have taken a different approach to keep this EU fans, because clearly they are neccessary. </p><p></p><p>That said, the claim that "EU fans are killing Star Wars now" seems quite questionable, I believe only the Solo movie wasn't a success. Maybe that was due to missteps in TLJ as critical fans claim, but they could <em>gasp</em> be wrong about that and it was just that no one really cared that much about Han Solo's backstory. Or the people that would have cared where those terrible EU fans that kill Star Wars, and they had already a decent Han Solo backstory trilogy in novel form and didn't need a new take. </p><p>But again, if the EU fans are killing Star Wars, then only because they are sizeable part of the Star Wars fandom, and it's not a good move to alienate them. </p><p></p><p>But I honestly believe the EU has not that much to do with it. If anything, it's the reason people still care so much about Star Wars and its idiosyncrasies, because it kept the interest alive.</p><p></p><p>But I think it's also fairly easy to understand that people are not really happy if the Hero of a trilogy of movies turns into a failure that has given up on helping people and abandonded the family he gained in the trilogy. You don't need to be versed in the EU to think that maybe this is not the story that every fan of the OT wanted to see. I am not even sure if that is the story J.J.Abrahms wanted to see when he made TFA.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Mustrum_Ridcully, post: 7798135, member: 710"] Well, the "old EU" is also what kept Star Wars a cash cow between the trilogies. If we didn't have that, chances are good there would be no new Star Wars at all, because it would have been forgotten. Also it seems to be a false dichotomy to claim that new Star Wars could not possibly retain the EU fans. It's just there particular approach didn't work to retain them. And if the EU fans not watching Star Wars is what's "killing" Star Wars now, then it means that it should have taken a different approach to keep this EU fans, because clearly they are neccessary. That said, the claim that "EU fans are killing Star Wars now" seems quite questionable, I believe only the Solo movie wasn't a success. Maybe that was due to missteps in TLJ as critical fans claim, but they could [I]gasp[/I] be wrong about that and it was just that no one really cared that much about Han Solo's backstory. Or the people that would have cared where those terrible EU fans that kill Star Wars, and they had already a decent Han Solo backstory trilogy in novel form and didn't need a new take. But again, if the EU fans are killing Star Wars, then only because they are sizeable part of the Star Wars fandom, and it's not a good move to alienate them. But I honestly believe the EU has not that much to do with it. If anything, it's the reason people still care so much about Star Wars and its idiosyncrasies, because it kept the interest alive. But I think it's also fairly easy to understand that people are not really happy if the Hero of a trilogy of movies turns into a failure that has given up on helping people and abandonded the family he gained in the trilogy. You don't need to be versed in the EU to think that maybe this is not the story that every fan of the OT wanted to see. I am not even sure if that is the story J.J.Abrahms wanted to see when he made TFA. [/QUOTE]
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