The EU really isn't that messy, I don't get where that rumor started, well Lucas started it. It's very consistent especially when you think about all of Star Wars being written out of order. Nearly all the inconsistencies came from Lucasfilm, due to Lucas was all, "Let's give out the right to write, but not care any further, for what I say still goes no matter what, even if I contradict myself." Which he did often enough. I would know since I read the majority of the EU. All that, I knew off hand, The true Star Wars! Disney is just lazy, and cruel to take it away. The audience wouldn't have to do any research, Disney would have to. Think of all the books, I didn't always catch a reference at the time I read a certain book, but it didn't matter, for the writers fill in just enough to understand, and feel like you know, that's good writing. Then later when I read all about something mentioned in a book, it was the coolest thing to have all this extra! Was it necessary at the original time? No. Would it had more of an impact? Sometimes, but that was dependent on the writer's ability to take me in knowing nothing, and make me leave feeling like a historian about it. The best writers can do that, I'd say the book Darth Plagueis is a good example of that with the very deep concepts of mixing science with the Force. The author made you feel like you knew all about it, well if you catch the the colorful vocabulary of that book. Still doesn't make sense why they cut the EU altogether on the grounds it would confuse people to keep writing books, if they didn't read the books before, why would they now? Anyway I do apologize for so off topic, EU's super important to me, every book report throughout my school years was on an EU book, and even now I still pretty much read Star Wars books exclusively, but only EU without a "Legends" banner. The not liking Rakata is a personal choice, but I have to admit I'm a bit surprised when they add such depth, and wonder to the story. Like who are these people? Do they really predate the Republic? A forgotten empire that once ruled the hole galaxy, shaped it, and mysteriously vanished? They added a level of depth I think is now missing from your story. The Sith as an ideal is true to an extent, all stemming from the species, though you could agrue the original exiled Dark Jedi brought the ideal with them, for they did heavily influence the Sith direction. Without the species there seems a disconnect between the difference between a Dark Jedi, and a Sith. Kind of making there no difference, and saying throughout the years there were quarrels with dark jedi, but not sith irrelevant. Your the artist, and it's your story to write however you choose, I'm more so worried of the cut out depth, but will see exactly what you have in mind. Do you mind filling me in on your approach saying that the sith were destroyed in the Great Schism, that one throws me through a loop every time I read it, especially with the aforementioned blurred line in your story between Dark Jedi, and sith.
