I’ll try not to repeat myself here as I’ve already started another thread regarding how the EU will be affected by the new films. If they set the films after the current timeframe of the EU novels they won’t be walking on anything established, however they still have an opportunity to walk on the EU in general if they don’t acknowledge the ongoing war with the Imperial Remnant, the Black Fleet Crisis, Luke’s marriage to one of the Emperor’s Force-trained secret assassins and her subsequent death at the hands of his own nephew, Han and Leia’s complicated courtship and the 20+ complex years of their childrens’ lives not to mention the death of two, the diplomatic agreements between the Hapes Cluster and the Corellian Sector and especially the effect the Yuuzhan Vong War had on the galaxy and specifically the altering of the planet Coruscant. Not that it’ll matter to anyone who’s not an EU fan, but since Jedi the galactic government has evolved [b]twice[/i], from the New Republic, to the Galacic Alliance to the Galactic Federation. A simple throwaway line referring to government in the wrong terms has the chance to infuriate some. It’s a fine line they’ll be walking. Either way I’m excited to see what unfolds.
I kinda liked what Wing said on the “Star Wars” ep of Legends when he said Han, Leia and Luke should all be in the Falcon and it gets blown up in the first few moments of the film. Not only does that set up the plot as a way to explain how we got to this moment, it opens up the possibilities for new heroes right away. Realistically however, I would like to see Luke die in the second movie. The EU has been building for a while the return of the Sith in a different way than we have ever seen in both the movies and the books. They need to be the new villain. The new heroes, preferably Luke’s son Ben and Jaina Solo, need to be set up as we see the legendary heroes of the Rebellion struggle against this new Sith who are secretly setting up the Jedi, who are already suspect in the eyes of the common folk because it is a time of peace and there’s no need for all-powerful warrior monks anymore, for a big fall. Definitely show us that Luke has grown weary of being Grand Master and is not handling it well. In the end they succeed in winning a minor victory but of course we the viewer are the only ones aware that this is only the beginning. The second movie shows Luke attempting to evolve the Jedi Order based on the lessons he learned in the previous film only to be cut down before he can, forcing other Jedi (hopefully EU characters like Corran Horn and Kyle Katarn) and of course the younger heroes to step up.
