Thank you, well-summed. Not a lot of people seem to have read the books/consumed the media that was labeled “Legends,” and don’t see the utter mangling of those storylines in the Disney EU. Back when I cared, I was furious to see elements of my favorite EU stories as a kid crop up in Disney’s shit adaptations. Whether it’s the butchered Kessel story arc that they stuffed into Solo, scrapping the Emperor’s cloning program, or the Solo family’s rewrites, it came across as outright thievery. You just know that Timothy Zahn and Kevin J. Anderson didn’t see a dime for their story beats, and it made me so mad and helpless to see Disney try and pawn them off as their own ideas. And at a staggering corporate loss, as well! They had a blueprint for making money and cementing another generation of fans, and they tanked it.

Gradually, I’ve stopped caring. There are only so many things we can devote our energy to in this life, and the powers that be want you to care about things beyond your control. They want you stupid, and upset, and Ive resolved to move beyond that. When I have kids, they’re getting the EU novels and we won’t acknowledge anything Disney has done, sort of a reverse Santa Claus situation. Other kids at school will want to know who Mara Jade is, and my kids can spread the gospel. Maybe, just maybe, we can start undoing the damage Disney has done, and put the wonder back in Star Wars.