I HAS A QUESTION:
Did Disney cancel the creation of all future Star Wars expanded universe novels and such, or did they simply state that the expanded universe will not be canon in the films?
If the first, then while I see the frustration with that it is perfectly within Disney's right to do so, them holding the copyright. The way I understand it was basically licensed fanfiction anyway, something which not a lot of IP holders would put up with in the first place.
If the second, and the novels can still be written as they always were, then I don't see what the problem is. I was aware of the Star Wars EU though a few friends who enjoy them, and they never gave me the impression they thought they were canon with the "official" stuff like the movies and Clone Wars animated series and such. They were just stories derived from the same universe, but written by completely different people who weren't actively collaborating. Given the nature of how the novels and "official" stuff is created, I really can't imagine why anybody would come to the conclusion that they're all canon. You can't coordinate that many people over such a span of time to create a cohesive universe. Or if there was that kind of coordination going on, people would be aware of it.
I've just always thought that's how it worked. Doctor Who has the TV series, radio plays, and graphic novels, all written over the last five decades by dozens if not hundreds of different people. But in the TV series, it's generally accepted that only the TV stuff is canon. And that's fine, I haven't heard anybody complain yet. Radio plays both old and new are finding new life on Audible and iTunes, graphic novels are adding adventures to Doctors who have long since regenerated, but they all exist within their own canonical spheres. And everybody understands that.
