10 Things Nobody Wants To Admit About Star Wars
2. The Expanded Universe Is Laughable
When it comes to a coherent world, Star Wars can sometimes be lacking in terms of depth, a problem which should have been corrected somewhat by the Expanded Universe. Unfortunately, the EU is complete nonsense, actively ruining several important details of the original trilogy. According to the book, Boba Fett somehow managed to survive his fall into the Sarlacc Pit, for instance. In fact, George Lucas himself confirmed this canonical revision, undermining one of the greatest sequences in the entire trilogy.
In fairness, Disney are attempting to rectify the problem in their attempt to construct a more comprehensive universe, but that doesn't excuse the countless novels, comics and video games that have casually toyed around with core concepts from the franchise for the past forty years. In the Thrawn Trilogy - written by Timothy Zahn - it is actually revealed that Luke Skywalker has an evil clone, named Luuke Skywalker - an incident which occurred following the loss of his hand on Cloud City. Besides that, it's revealed in The Glove Of Darth Vader - written by Paul and Hollace Davids - that The Emperor has two sons - both of which are triclopses - and Darth Vader's glove is actually made of magic. Yeah.
Many of these incidents may not be canon, but they do actively harm our impression of the series, tainting our memories of the original trilogy.