Oh yes, Rebels was a good surprise. For kids and teens, sure, but it takes a lot of things back from what has been weeded out of the EU, like the COMPNOR/ISB among others. I would be totally mad happy about that show if I watched that as a kid.
And, to be honest with The Force Awakens, it's the exact same kind of process they are doing. I found so many things back form the legacy EU there when I watched it... I mean, it's almost like the EU post Empire got remixed into something new with the same elements. Leia is not far from the head of state of the New Republic, except it's the Resistance instead. Kylo Ren is Jacen, Rey is Jaina, as the similarities are so obvious. The New Republic is here, but a lot weaker. The new Jedi Order happened but unlike in the old EU, it met a grim end. Among many things, I got the same vibes from it, even if we can say what we want about the copy/paste of the original trilogy they did with the second part of the movie.
And, to be honest with The Force Awakens, it's the exact same kind of process they are doing. I found so many things back form the legacy EU there when I watched it... I mean, it's almost like the EU post Empire got remixed into something new with the same elements. Leia is not far from the head of state of the New Republic, except it's the Resistance instead. Kylo Ren is Jacen, Rey is Jaina, as the similarities are so obvious. The New Republic is here, but a lot weaker. The new Jedi Order happened but unlike in the old EU, it met a grim end. Among many things, I got the same vibes from it, even if we can say what we want about the copy/paste of the original trilogy they did with the second part of the movie.
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