The Star Wars saga is one of the greatest masterpieces of American cinema but outside of the movies, has been tarnished by the Expanded Universe; examples include:
***Spoilers***
1. Luke Skywalker getting married to a Jedi Assasin named Mara Jade while Han and Leia marry and have children; the fact we had a young Anakin Skywalker and a young Luke makes it depressing the characters age. One of the kids also becomes a Sith and those kids have kids too (GREAT-Grandparents Anakin and Padmé?)
2. Palpatine survives and has many clones (making Vader's death pointless-the lightsabre fight in Episode VI was too short anyway and made Vader look weak, especially after he was kicked down the stairs).
3. Another war takes place against aliens who are undetectable by the force.
4. Luke's Jedi powers mean he can move entire planets and create black holes (kind of lame and an insult to the original where by luck he could destroy the Death Star. Palpatine has these powers too.
5. Darth Maul returns THREE TIMES: he comes back in the Clone Wars TV series, fights Darth Vader after Episode III and fights Luke as a hologram
6. Boba Fett blasts his way out of the Sarlaac, gets married and has a daughter and grand daughter (really?). He becomes friends with Han too (really?!) >.>
7. Chewie gets crushed to death by a planet trying to evacuate everyone else.
8. General Grievous' body is reused several times between Episodes II and III.
9. Somehow Asajj Ventress survives the ass kickings she has against Anakin and Obi Wan but manages to get the better of Jedi Masters in combat.
10. Darth Maul's brother Savage can beat Jedi Masters in combat but is no match for Ventress or Dooku.
Making any post Return of the Jedi story into a movie is like putting gasoline on a fire or throwing mud on already tarnished gold. That and the fact that Mark Hamill, Carrie Fisher and Harrison Ford are too old and not interested doesn't help.
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