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I'm of two minds about the Star Wars Expanded Universe. Some of it I like (the Clone Wars cartoon, the Clone Wars comics), some of it I can't stand (all of the post-RoTJ tie-in novels).
I think a *huge* reason I dislike the post-RotJ stories is what *do* you use for conflict in a story-world that has just had a eucatastrophe? The Rebellion against the Empire has triumphed, the Sith are destroyed, and the Republic restored! Yeah! Good job, characters!
So what next? Fans who were there for the epic drama and heroic last stands aren't going to be that interested in the main characters settling down and trying to devise a provisional government, unless the writer in charge is absolutely *stellar*.
Bureaucracy is *boring*.
But necessary. And really, one doesn't tear down the administration of a Galactic Empire by just decapitating it? It will keep writhing, like a headless rattler, until you pin it down and *do* something with it. Personally, I'd find a story where Han realizes just how much paperwork Leia does as a Rebel/Republic leader really nifty.
I think a *huge* reason I dislike the post-RotJ stories is what *do* you use for conflict in a story-world that has just had a eucatastrophe? The Rebellion against the Empire has triumphed, the Sith are destroyed, and the Republic restored! Yeah! Good job, characters!
So what next? Fans who were there for the epic drama and heroic last stands aren't going to be that interested in the main characters settling down and trying to devise a provisional government, unless the writer in charge is absolutely *stellar*.
Bureaucracy is *boring*.
But necessary. And really, one doesn't tear down the administration of a Galactic Empire by just decapitating it? It will keep writhing, like a headless rattler, until you pin it down and *do* something with it. Personally, I'd find a story where Han realizes just how much paperwork Leia does as a Rebel/Republic leader really nifty.
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