Since when does success measure the quality of something? Take today's music for example. Since the mid 90s Music has been in a steady decline. Now you have tools like Brittany Spears, Paris Hilton, and Lindsey Lohan making videos.. Hell anybody with money is making videos right now, and they seem to be successful. Does that mean they are good? Not at all. It just means that today's youth is mentally retarded to the point where MTV has to spoonfeed crap to them, creating mindless drones. The EU novels for the most part are a failure because they contradict the original idea of Star Wars. Some novels like the thrawn trilogy, are great. These LOTF books are mediocre at best, and that's if you don't take into account George Lucas' vision, which this shit stomps all over. Legacy is even worse.