TheGreg wrote:

Hmm. Maybe. I'm not really aware of anything other than the three movies, and I guess in my mind the decision is whether to try to add another three to the real three, or more junk to the EU.

But it wouldn't be EU, as it would be canon, since Disney can declare it so. How the fans accept it, or don't, really won't affect the brass at the top anymore than it affected Lucas' overall approach to the prequels.

Now, and not to sound overly optimistic, there is the real possibility that someone, who is a fan, will step in with more respect to the OT.
Merchandising will never be the problem-never was for Star Wars, and never was for Disney, so obviously the combined two is a powerhouse.

I disagree that we can expect more Ewoks too. Look at the "Clone Wars" cartoon. Even if you don't watch it, the marketing has carried forward with the same impact as the movies, without delving in to the same child appeal as Ewoks.

I'm pretty sure seeing all three of them together reprising their iconic roles would make my head explode.

Since winning the Oscar for Sunshine, Arndt has lectured extensively on the art of storytelling at numerous writers’ retreats, like the Hawaii Writers Conference in Maui and the Austin Film Festival, always featuring a lengthy and detailed explanation of why the original Star Wars’ ending is so creatively satisfying.

At these talks, Arndt always tells attendees that Star Wars’ enduring appeal has to do with resolving its protagonists goals’ nearly simultaneously, at the climax of the movie. In the comments section of a discussion about a Star Wars talk Arndt gave at the Austin Film Festival in 2010, one attendee of the seminar notes, "Arndt stated that if a writer could resolve the story's arcs (internal, external, philosophical) immediately after the Moment of Despair at the climax, he or she would deliver the Insanely Great Ending and put the audience in a euphoric state. The faster it could happen, the better. By [Arndt’s] reckoning, George Lucas hit those three marks at the climax of Star Wars within a space of 22 seconds."

Indeed, in the third act of Star Wars, as Arndt explained to his young screenwriting Padawans at the 2009 Hawaii Writers Conference, its central characters' main goals all are met on pages 89 through 91 of the original Lucas script: At the crescendo of Star Wars, a spectral Obi Wan urges, “Use the Force, Luke,” and he does, thus reaching his inner goal (fighting self-doubt to become a hero). Han Solo reappears (meeting the philosophical goal of overcoming selfishness with altruism) to shoot down Darth Vader, which allows Luke to use the Force to mentally guide his shot and blow up the Death Star (outer goal and inner goals simultaneously met).

fireproof78 wrote:

Yeah, I may be an overly optimistic guy (maybe) but my point was i GL's mind, his movies were the canon, then the EU was part of another canon, and he called it an alternate universe. So, his perspective was that movies were essentially his canon-so, the owner of the franchise, in my opinion (feel free to disagree ) can declare it canon. That's my take and perhaps I am wrong.

I see that you're taking the view that canon flows from authority, and that you invest GL with a certain level of authority based on his role in the franchise. I think this is very similar to the situation that you see in the religious community (which is of course the origin of the word), where some people invest the Pope, or some other religious leader or group, with the authority to define which texts are canonical. Obviously there is a lot of disagreement with that, especially within the protestant church, where the ability of a structure or individual to make decisions on behalf of the community is much more controversial.

I think I take the view of some of the more progressive protestant churches that what material is canon is a matter of conscience for the individual. It's not something that an authority figure can dictate. Furthermore, I think it it's possible for an authority figure to loose the moral right to exert authority. I would be more inclined to allow GL a role as Pope of Star Wars if he had shown more commitment to the values and principles that informed the OT.