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Hey, I liked Star by Star quite a lot. I mean, OK, it combines Coruscant, my favourite planet by miles, and huge space battles, one of my favourite SW elements, so basically how could I not? lol 
I think SOMEONE important had to die to provide surprise and give new impetus to the series. Lucas switched the focus away from Anakin, so I guess I'm OK with his death. I mean, after all, Greg Keyes did a fantastic job in the Edge of Victory duology to make sure Anakin really did commit acts of heroism and left a lasting contribution to the war effort just before Star by Star.
As for my least favourite SW book, I gotta say I couldn't ever consider any SW book 'terrible' or 'bad', the sheer fact that it's part of the greatest story ever told redeems it in itself. But I would have to go for Children of the Jedi, the first book of the Callista Trilogy. I'm sorry, but half the book was on the Eye of Palpatine, and I just found myself becoming bored toward the end of these scenes, trapped in a claustrophobic environment with Luke increasinlgy spending more time lying on the floor as his leg becomes gangrenous and 3PO's power fails, with Gamorrean 'stormtroopers' running around? Yawn. And the other half of the book, on Belsavis, wasn't fantastic either. Though it does have to be said that Barbara Hambly's other book, Planet of Twilight, whilst certainly not being one of my favourites, is much better, and rounds out the Callista Trilogy well, if bittersweetly. I just wish they'd found a way to bring Callista Ming back into the story after she vanished off the scene. I mean, where has she been all these subsequent years...?
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Just a theory, but it makes sense to me. And I agree with what you say about Lucas and the EU; I do believe that sometimes your story becomes so big you can't control it anymore and should let it go it's course.
