The Future of Star Wars

It's been a while since I've posted, mostly because I wasn't sure how to react to news that Disney is going to possibly throw out parts of the Star Wars Expanded Universe.

Disney has decided to put together a group to go over all of the Star Wars literature and decide what constitutes actual canon and what does not.

How much will be lost, how much will stay remains up in the air.

Admittedly there is "a new hope" for die hard fans of the EU, in that Leland Chee, the LucasFilm's "Keeper of the Holocron" has been added to the group.

In the article linked in the first sentence, Josh Parylak makes some compelling reasons as to why this overview might be successful.

This review would allow old outdated material to be thrown out, but it means some of our favorites could be on the chopping block.

And, to me the worst part is that while books and comics and games are all in question, the movies aren't.

I have nothing against the movies themselves.

I think they are a wonderful part of the Star Wars universe.

But what I want to know is why it's possible that the Disney overlords could erase Mara Jade from the story lines, but I still have to live in a world where Jar Jar Binks still exists.

Just sayin'!

(That last bit was for my wife. She loves Jar Jar)

I am torn about this because it could be a very good thing.

Maybe this will finally add some continuity that admittedly was needed.

I just hope Disney doesn't forget the true fans.

If they are alienated too much then they will not continue buying the movies and comics and books and games that made George Lucas a very rich man!

There have been many examples of works where the fans have been ignored to the detriment of the final product, ie. the recent Green Lantern movie.

Even the recent Hobbit movies might have gone so far away from the original to turn off true fans of the book.

On the other hand, when the fans are considered, the final project can be amazing.

Fortunately, the most recent example of this is the Marvel adaptations like The Avengers which again was run by Disney.

Here's hoping Disney keeps that pattern going in the near future!