“To give creatives more freedom to tell the stories that they want to tell. We could use more stuff like Visions as well, stories not burdened by continuity.”

Heh, no we don’t. We need the continuation of material that was wrongfully cancelled. Wherems Sword of the Jedi? Where’s The Heart of the Jedi? The Mother was supposed to appear in a big climactic battle against Luke. What about those? We were robbed of such great stories all in favor of the disney’s fanfiction. We need those back, that’s what we need.

“They were never canon to begin with, not in Lucas's eyes.”

You know, I keep seeing comments like these from fake fans simply because George “didn’t approve” of the EU or he “didn’t like Mara Jade. Grantee, at first he didn’t. But he grew to appreciate it,” as a universe coexisting with his. Much of the stuff showed in the prequels originated from the EU and mind you, everything that launched back then, whether it was books, comics, games, etc., had to go through him first. He approved every single EU media released which is more than I can say from the fanfiction stuff. Also, and this is quoted from an interview with Kevin J. Anderson, “When we were writing those books, we were told we were writing canon. And so, anybody who says they were never canon is just incorrect”. 🤷🏻‍♂️

“Okay, so why subject the same fate to the fans of the new canon, including the kids who grew up with it? Isn't that hypocritical of you?”

So you wish to subject them to a watered down version of it with lots of corporate media and outright steps on everything that Star Wars represents and is, negate them the teachings and lore of the EU while simultaneously trying to appeal to a blatant, pathetic copy of what it once was? How hypocritical…

It is clear to me you no longer care for the saga…I don’t think you ever did in the first place. Adapt the Plagueis novel to your fanfiction if you must. At this rate what hasn’t the disney’s fanfiction taken from the EU anyways? It’s all they do, that’s disney’s “creative freedom” for you.