The following quote summarizes, quite well, the problem I've always had with the NJO series (and those after it).
James Luceno: "Early on, though, the NJO wasn't intended to incorporate a great deal of Bantam continuity. We didn't want to alienate (so to speak) a new generation of Expanded Universe readers. This certainly was the case in Bob Salvatore's Vector Prime, and to some extend in Mike Stackpole's duology. But by the time I was writing Agents of Chaos, Del Rey was receiving emails and letter form fans imploring us not to abandon the Bantam continuity. The hard-core readership wanted one story - and we've done our best to give it to them. Given the wealth of background material, writing a Star Wars novel at this point is almost like writing a work of historical fiction!"
James Luceno: "Early on, though, the NJO wasn't intended to incorporate a great deal of Bantam continuity. We didn't want to alienate (so to speak) a new generation of Expanded Universe readers. This certainly was the case in Bob Salvatore's Vector Prime, and to some extend in Mike Stackpole's duology. But by the time I was writing Agents of Chaos, Del Rey was receiving emails and letter form fans imploring us not to abandon the Bantam continuity. The hard-core readership wanted one story - and we've done our best to give it to them. Given the wealth of background material, writing a Star Wars novel at this point is almost like writing a work of historical fiction!"
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