If you seriously think that there have been "no new stories, no new characters..." introduced in relation to Star Wars, you are likely a very close-minded individual, or someone who doesn't think reading novels or playing games are enjoyable activities. To each their own, of course; however, there have been a number of well-written stories that use the Star Wars universe as a framework.
I certainly won't argue that Lucas has reaped every ounce of money he can out of his franchise (which by the way is his right, so long as people are willing to pay), but to trivialize the works of other creative individuals who use his work as the tool with which to tell their tales is akin to calling all programs written in (insert programming language here) crap because they're using a [perhaps] old tool to complete the task. What kind of sense does that make?
At the rate things are headed, they certainly won't have to steam open any letters; you'll receive them clearly opened, with an official government seal marked "Approved." That is, if you receive it at all.
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If you seriously think that there have been "no new stories, no new characters..." introduced in relation to Star Wars, you are likely a very close-minded individual, or someone who doesn't think reading novels or playing games are enjoyable activities. To each their own, of course; however, there have been a number of well-written stories that use the Star Wars universe as a framework.
I certainly won't argue that Lucas has reaped every ounce of money he can out of his franchise (which by the way is his right, so long as people are willing to pay), but to trivialize the works of other creative individuals who use his work as the tool with which to tell their tales is akin to calling all programs written in (insert programming language here) crap because they're using a [perhaps] old tool to complete the task. What kind of sense does that make?
At the rate things are headed, they certainly won't have to steam open any letters; you'll receive them clearly opened, with an official government seal marked "Approved." That is, if you receive it at all.