Star Wars Episode 7: 5 Planets They Must Visit From The Expanded Universe
We don't know much about Star Wars Episode 7, but we can safely assume one thing: it won't be set in spaceships and space stations alone. Eventually someone's going to put some boots on the ground. That ground could easily be planets already found in Star Wars books, comics, games, etc., otherwise known as the Expanded Universe (EU). True EU is considered canon, though subordinate to film canon, and essentially has Lucas's thumbs up. Coruscant is perhaps the best example of the influence of EU on the films. Lucas had some basic ideas about it, but it was first realized in books and only later used in the prequels (and in Episode 6 via some "re-imagining"). So the heavy lifting in planet creation has already been done by EU writers, so why not use these fan-approved planets instead of creating the next Tatooine from scratch? And the thought of Episode 7 just recycling past movie planets is nearly unbearable. I could go my whole life without seeing Naboo again and die a happy man. Assuming Abrams and company are cool with dipping their pen in the EU inkwell, here's our choices for 5 planets they must visit from the Expanded Universe.