>yfw none of the new Star Wars films will compete with this.

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>Yes. I was once a Jedi Knight, the same as your father.
>That reminds me. Luke, did I ever tell you that in George Lucas's original notes for the prequels, which he changed later on...

>The Clone Wars took place ~35-40 years ago rather than 19-22
>Sheev was the "President of the Senate" rather than "Supreme Chancellor"
>Sheev would play the role of the ineffectual figurehead for the truly powerful elites
>The Clone Wars occurred before Palpatine's presidency, and were one of the failings of the Old Republic that swept him into power on a reformist agenda, turning the Republic into an Empire.
>The Jedi Purge/Anakin's turn to the dark side was meant to occur a decade after the Clone wars, around 25 years ago, with Sheev having lured people into a false sense of peace and security before starting to kill off the Jedi.
>Originally, you and Leia were ~25 instead of 19 and would've been born during the purge.
>Your mother died when Leia was around 7 years old rather than a few seconds old
>The Jedi were supposed to have been extinct for ~25 years rather than 19, hence why Han and the young Imperial officer refer to the Force/Jedi as "sorcery" or "myth". Because originally, they were only ~4 when the Jedi were purged, too young to remember the Jedi existing, but now that they were ~10 years old when the Jedi were purged, they should remember us and have no excuse for rudely calling us "sorcery".

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>>87152819
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>The Republic fought *against* an army of insane genetically-altered clones, led by the "Clone Masters", rather than fighting *alongside* a Mexican clone army
>Your father was taken into the Jedi Order at around age ~15, rather than age 9, and his training would've occurred closer to the onset of the Clone Wars
>I was meant to be 70 years old when I died (I'd be 74 now) and your father next to me would be 55, but thanks to George's new timeline, I was 57 when I died (now I'd be 61) and your father here is 45, even though no other 45 year old in the universe looks this shitty! Now ain't that just quacking crazy?
>Boba Fett was supposed to be a journeyman protector named "Jaster Mereel", rather than a clone of his "dad" Jango.

>George gave this information to EU creators like West End Games and Timothy Zahn in the early 90s, before revising it drastically for the prequels in the late 90s. Hence why some fans were confused when the Clone Wars in the movies were nothing like the Clone Wars Zahn described in the Thrawn books.

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>>87152643

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The new canon is pretty solid though.

Legends definitely has the best standalone stories (so far), but the new extended canon continuity is way stronger and honestly interesting than the EU was. EU felt like a pile of unconnected stories taking place in their own little Star Wars bubble while the new stuff actually fits into Star Wars as a whole. I see the benefit of both.

>>87152643
You're absolutely right. Watching a Star Wars film will never be as banal and pointless as reading a Star Wars book.

>>87153463
I grew extremely bored of most SW books. It was always a happy ending for the rebels and some random alien from the cantina or Jabba's palace were secretly the "key" to all of this.