User:Leto III

I value the Expanded Universe over the 6 films and the Clone Wars TV show. The weakest storylines and characters in the entire universe are those displayed in the 6 films and the TV shows. They are seriously weak when compared to the brilliant material produced in the EU. After the decision to render the EU non canon in April 2014 Star Wars is now over. It no longer exists and I will not buy nor see any new content produced because they destroyed the Star Wars universe. I don't want to see anymore weak movies and tv shows revolving around the same 10 characters and 20 years of continuity in the vast SW universe. Star Wars was the EU and the films were just a starting point. George Lucas may have given birth to Star Wars, but he ultimately destroyed it. I can no longer in good conscious be a consumer of Star Wars when the man behind it all obviously has no consideration for the fans, nor for all the artists that contributed to his universe and really kept it afloat during the gap between the original trilogy and the prequel trilogy. I am not looking forward to the new movies, particularly because JJ Abrams is terrible and helped destroy the EU. I watched the first episode of Star Wars Rebels and it is a huge pile of dogshit, so I have zero hope for any of the new content. As far as Im concerned Star Wars ended in April 2014 and anything created after that point that isn't deemed legends is aberation and folly. Disney will make a mockery of Star Wars and will flog that dead horse until there is nothing left. Star Wars is so much more than Luke and Han and the 20 year period surrounding the destruction of the Empire. I also disagree with Lucas' interpretation of the universe that the Jedi and Republic are the good guys and the Empire and Sith are the bad guys, which isn't true nor accurate. Neither is good and neither is evil, they are simply two warring factions of zealots with differing political viewpoints. The true heroes are those that are caught in their wake. The force does not favor the light or the dark side over the other, because it seeks balance which is a simple divide amongst the two; that is why neither can be completely destroyed. Neither is good and neither is evil. Lucas is ultimately a villain. He lit the spark and other artists were responsible for creating the universe and doing a much better job with it than he could ever do. Most of the SW films and TV shows are utter garbage and are the weakest elements of the universe so the decision to render the best parts of the SW canon as useless trash was the absolute end for me. Star Wars belongs to the fans, not to Lucas, not to his family, not to Disney, but to the fans. The fans that are continually shat upon time and time again. Well I am no longer going to be a apart of that agenda. I have collected all of the Star Wars EU and I will continue to enjoy those books, comics, and video games because they truly represent Star Wars and are the best content ever produced. Marvel, Disney, and Lucas will destroy the universe and I want nothing to do with them. Fuck them all to Hell where they belong. Star Wars is for children now. If you want to read a series that is of much better quality check out the original Dune Chronicles by Frank Herbert, 6 books that are better than anything Lucas could ever be capable of. Star Wars is largely light space opera, there is nothing profound about those movies and TV shows. It really isn't art. Well at least it wasn't until they started writing books, comics and video games based in the EU. Anyone who considers Star Wars to be only the movies and the TV shows is a fucking fool and not a serious Star Wars fan. It is ok to be a casual fan, but it makes your opinion on the EU to be easy to dismiss. It also proves that you have very little taste as well, because as I've stated many times the weakest characters and weakest storylines of the entire canon are those found in the 6 films and 2 animated TV shows. They are seriously weak. The EU carried the franchise for 20 years and to find out that it has been tossed aside is an afront too far for me to stomach. I just can't tolerate being used in such a fashion so Star Wars is over. It died in April 2014.