3. The Original Films Still Exist
When I was short-sightedly ranting about the sale of Lucasfilm to Disney on Facebook, one of my old classmates called me out for being such a whining git and pointed out that even if the new trilogy turns out to be a pile of complete and utter Bantha Poodoo, the rest of the
Star Wars universe will still be there for me to enjoy for as long as I want. And hes right. For every
Force Unleashed 2 that gets released, theres a
Knights Of The Old Republic to go back to. When I watched internet reviewer Iron Lizs review of the third edition of the
Star Wars Roleplaying Game, I was annoyed to find out that one of her big problems was the prequels retconning some of the novels. The novels still exist and given that its fiction and completely inconsequential in the grand scheme of things, you can just pretend that the retcons dont exist and interpret the canon you choose it. The same logic goes for the films. Even if you hate the prequels, you can ignore them and just watch the Original Trilogy. Oh, and Im not going into any of the Special Edition stuff here but there are DVDs available featuring the original cinematic cuts. Problem solved.