Kathleen Kennedy says there's no source material for Star Wars

[Yukaphile]

I think it's what Lucas talked about. They're afraid to do anything new. And Legends material would mean something new. They'd much rather adapt KOTOR to the big screen than anything else. And for a short time, fans will eat that up. How much longer can they sustain that, however? The sequels make it clear it only has a very short shelf life if you're spamming the market with material. Hell, as Legends itself makes clear, you could argue.

[hammerofglass]

One problem with maintaining the nostalgia is that the period of the timeline the new trilogy covers for Legends was the Dark Nest trilogy and the Legacy of the Jedi series and, well, they were terrible.

[Yukaphile]

Who says nostalgia has to follow a formula? Granted, it's 20 years, but even so, when they say Star Wars has no source material, it seems stupid. That rebranding it Legends was just a way to keep making money. Not that they actually treat as a continuity. That's ignorant even outside the context of Legends, as I've proven. They literally are salesmen, who lie to say what they need. Like Bob Iger refusing to admit the truth on why the movies were pushed back by two years.

[BridgeConsoleMasher]

If that's the case, then why don't they work on it?

For like ten hundred reasons why, are you kidding here?

[Yukaphile]

People like Winter want Legends adaptations, or would like more Legends material. While I don't, they should not be shoved aside for the larger movie crowd or the new niche EU fans. I just wish they had better language, which was the whole point of this thread. "No source material" is stupidly wrong ignoring Legends.

[Mecha82]

Fact that they rebranded it as Legends allows it to exist alongside canon so that shouldn't be problem at all. After all it allows anyone who enjoys Legends material still keep doing so while allowing those that enjoy canon material enjoy those. Then again that's sensible thing and as sensible person I am not able to get into Yuka's mind set when it comes to this and why that's some how bad thing.

[hammerofglass]

Fact that they rebranded it as Legends allows it to exist alongside canon so that shouldn't be problem at all. After all it allows anyone who enjoys Legends material still keep doing so while allowing those that enjoy canon material enjoy those. Then again that's sensible thing and as sensible person I am not able to get into Yuka's mind set when it comes to this and why that's some how bad thing.

As far as I can tell Yuka's position is that books he never read were retroactively made worse by a movie he never watched ignoring them.

Oh shit, is Yukaphile just literally TLJ Luke?

[Yukaphile]

I have 'em all. I'll have read them all in due time. The issue was acquiring them.

[Yukaphile]

That said, what is so wrong with Legends fans who want new material, Mecha82? You never answered that. Unless you just look down on the fans who do. I mean, if they took their time, and didn't spam the market, they would have the time to do so. Unless they literally think we're two stupid to comprehend two continuities. They clearly don't tell the whole truth are or idiots, so that wouldn't surprise me.

[hammerofglass]

I have 'em all. I'll have read them all in due time. The issue was acquiring them.

Just don't store them in a hollow tree.