re: Star Wars: Episode VII': Release set for December 18, 2015

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I read a lot of the EU, I didn't read the Vong stuff though, although I knew what happens. It just isn't relevant. It doesn't matter. It won't be used. And to say a team of writers that are professional moviemakers can't come up with a better story than the EU in the 2+ years they've had to develop this based on Lucas' long in gestation notes is just the height of retardation.

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I just don't know how much clearer you can be to them. I'm not saying the EU sucks as a whole or anything, I'm just saying there's no way in hell they are going to use it and certain parts of it certainly blow. They may take an element or two from it, but they're not going to give a flying shite if it contradicts what happened in the EU, especially if it is terrible, like Palpatine being resurrected and Luke becoming his apprentice just for starters.

It's not going to happen, but you may as well be speaking Korean to these guys. They simply don't understand that 99% of Star Wars fans don't give a frick about the EU and that the filmmakers can make a better story and won't care about contradicting the EU. Hell, I doubt Lucas has a clue on what has gone on in the EU.