What if Del Rey decided to take a break from the post Return of the Jedi era story arc after the Unifying Force was published in 2003, ending the Vong story arc. Let's say they put any storylines they have about Luke and co. on hold indefinitely and decide to focus on another era, maybe say during the Old Republic era or an earlier Legacy Era(as in directly jump to the comics Legacy era to focus on the descendants of the main trio, nothing about Jacen going Sith and killing Mara or Aboleth appearing)
What would be the implications of this on the Expanded Universe and on pop culture in general? I think this might give Episode VI more weight and meaning because the narrative would go "and after restoring balance to the force and fighting against the onslaught of the Vong, the Galaxy was finally at peace until the Legacy Era", and the late EU won't be seen as uber grimdark and maybe more bittersweet(bittersweet cuz Chewie, Anakin Solo and billions die, but the galaxy gets a somewhat happy ending that is NOT reversed by the Legacy novels). And I also think there may be more opening up of time periods not seen before or in OTL. But what does everyone else think about what would happen?
I think if the Disney buyout happens, we wouldn't get Kylo Ren as a villain, but not sure what else happens.
What would be the implications of this on the Expanded Universe and on pop culture in general? I think this might give Episode VI more weight and meaning because the narrative would go "and after restoring balance to the force and fighting against the onslaught of the Vong, the Galaxy was finally at peace until the Legacy Era", and the late EU won't be seen as uber grimdark and maybe more bittersweet(bittersweet cuz Chewie, Anakin Solo and billions die, but the galaxy gets a somewhat happy ending that is NOT reversed by the Legacy novels). And I also think there may be more opening up of time periods not seen before or in OTL. But what does everyone else think about what would happen?
I think if the Disney buyout happens, we wouldn't get Kylo Ren as a villain, but not sure what else happens.
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