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Originally Posted by tlasjr

Actually Heir to the Empire came out in 1991, 5 years before SOTE.
It was set 5 years after ROTJ.
Not only was it considered cannon but some of the vehicles and characters were from the West End Games roleplaying games.

Oops. Off by five years on the timeline. Even still, the Thrawn Trilogy is not part of the movie canon. It's part of the Expanded Universe. And as I understand it, Lucas himself considers SOTE as part of the movie canon, not the EU.

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Originally Posted by Crazy Jetty

Well... Star Wars without George Lucas can only be a good thing, right? I mean, his direct involvement was the worst aspect of the original six films, right?

Not necessarily. He did write & direct A New Hope (without which we wouldn't even be having this conversation). The real issue about Lucas is when he's left to his own devices. He needs someone to act as a counter-weight to keep his perfectionism in check. For ANH it was simply the tech limits. For ESB, it was Irving Kershner and Brackett/Kasden. For ROTJ, it was Richard Marquand and Kasden.

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Though I guess I don't really care. This will mean the end of Clone Wars, which was the only aspect of Star Wars I actually liked.

I don't see any reason for them to stop the show simply because of the ownership changing hands. That doesn't mean it won't, I'm just saying that that can't be the only factor, since Disney plans on keeping Kathy in charge (she co-runs Lucasfilm with George).