Do you consider the EU to be part of Star Wars.

irishthump

Thought this might be a topic for some healthy debate....

Considering the way George Lucas likes to ride rough-shod over a lot of the EU material, where do you guys stand?

evil-monkey

I consider any book published by Lucas Books to be part of Star Wars, as is the case with Lucas' SW games etc.

If anything, the Expanded Universe gives hardcore fans something to move onto - there are only so many times one can watch the same films over and over again.

Of course there is "Expanded Universe", and Expanded Universe that Lucas has sanctioned, ie, books published in part with his publishing company.

I've never doddled in the comics myself so can't comment there. But I'm a big fan of the 120-ish novels that have been passed and part published in conjunction with Lucas Books (many of which have forewords by the man himself). The list can be found in the front of many of them...the first of which is Darth Bane: Path of Destruction. You can find this list in the front of the soft cover of this book....as is the case with many others (for those who wanted to know).

If all there was to Star Wars was the films, I imagine Star Wars wouldn't have the following it still has today.

Expanded Universe is more than just a bunch of spin-offs to the films. Expanded Universe gives fans the opportunity to keep immersed in their favourite story, to keep interested in something that gives them a little bit of an escape from reality.

Of course, there is a fine line between EU tales that can be taken as part of the story, and what is just horse-raddish contrived by die-hard fans etc. But if anything came through LucasArts, I think it is fair to say it was part of the Star Wars saga. There are more medias out there than just film...just because Lucas chose to use the latter first does not cancel out anything that follows...

(On a separate note, good thread.)

AnCapaillMor

Any that book thats in the EU has to get lucas's approval and it has to fit with the originals. I remember reading that he told Zahn and some of the earlier Authors, to stay well away from the clonewars as they were'nt out then. It makes sense to me, if he does'nt keep it in check there could be some pretty bad stuff put out and ruin the franchise. Don't ask about how to explain the christmas special.

I don't know how they signed off on the empire at war add-on.

copacetic

We voted no to Lisbon, so we shouldn't be included in Star Wars, even if the EU go into it. In spite of the instability in the former Soviet Union.

AnCapaillMor

Heh i was thinking the same thing at first.

Nerin

Wtf. I'm so confused.

copacetic

Nerin wrote: »

Wtf. I'm so confused.

You were right to vote No so, if they can't explain it in simple terms you have to vote against it.

irishthump

Nerin wrote: »

Wtf. I'm so confused.

Sorry.

EU = Expanded Universe.

irishthump

evil-monkey wrote: »

If all there was to Star Wars was the films, I imagine Star Wars wouldn't have the following it still has today.

Expanded Universe is more than just a bunch of spin-offs to the films. Expanded Universe gives fans the opportunity to keep immersed in their favourite story, to keep interested in something that gives them a little bit of an escape from reality.

Well to be honest, the interest in Star Wars survived for the most part without any EU material.
The bulk of the EU novels ame about in the 90's, very little had been written before that.
What people don't realise is that the EU came about after the release of the Star Wars Role Playing game. Players needed backround on all the major characters, settings, technology etc., so the games developer created it.
The writers of the EU novels that followed, due to a lack of backround info from Lucas, simply built in this.
This was all thrown into a cocked hat with the release of the Prequels, with EU authors and contributors tripping over each other to try and ret-con all of the inconsitancies.
The problem, IMHO, is that it has become so conveluted and that I could'nt be bothered with it.

evil-monkey

irishthump wrote: »

Sorry.

EU = Expanded Universe.

i hope the gawd that guy was joking and didn't actually think EU meant European Union...