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The thing that always gets me is that George allowed the EU to start, correct? Yet, he has no problem with acting like it doesn't exist. Dave Filoni has to tell him about any and every event, character, and weapon in the EU. George, though a creative genius, also understands how to sacrifice creativity for money. This precious world of his - I don't think he cares about what people do in it for the majority of EU events, as long as it's making him money. To George, the EU is nothing more than a money machine.
The other side to this is - if George canon is above everything in the EU, why has he stopped certain things from happening in the EU? When approached about taking Obi-Wan off of Tatooine, he said no. But if he doesn't consider the EU canon anyway, why should he care what happens in it? He can just change it later, or say it never happened, much like fans do with certain events (Chewie's death). Same thing with asking George if Luke can marry - why does George care then, but not when he's making his TV show that is flattening EU works. He needs to either care, and say, yes, we will make it mesh, and I want to be careful with what happens in the EU because it counts, or say no, I don't think any of that EU stuff happens anyway, so just do whatever you want. He can't keep having it both ways, because it's causing one simple problem.
Forget the huge continuity buffs for a second. Obviously, they have an issue anytime something contradicts. But let's just focus on the normal novel purchaser. They spend money on these books. They love these books. They care about the characters. And then they turn on their TV, to hear the official word of George, and find that, in his version of the Star Wars universe (which trumps all), their favorite book and characters don't exist, or didn't happen that way. That's the biggest problem. It's the people who invest in the EU, and then find out that it doesn't really matter.
Mistakes in the post-ROTJ era, I agree, fall completely on authors, editors, and whoever else is involved in the books. It's the material that George has a hand in, that contradicts the items he is also selling under his brand, that bothers people.
As for the fans making George, or George making the fans...obviously George made Star Wars, which gathered fans. Yes, technically, Star Wars would not exist if not for George Lucas. But, you can look back on the history of Star Wars, specifically between ROTJ and TPM, and say that the fans made Star Wars exist today. Star Wars could have dropped off the face of the earth after ROTJ if not for fans maintaining interest. After ROTS, Star Wars could have ended if not for fans maintaining interest. George created the Star Wars universe, but he can only be given a little credit for the books, comics, and games that flesh out his world. There is so little of the Star Wars universe shown in the movies compared to the EU. If you think about it, the percentage of the Star Wars universe that was portrayed by George is a very small percent (without weighting the magnitude of certain things that he showed).
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