Okay guys, has anyone else noticed that, since the handover to Disney, that Lucasfilm has gotten a little.... singleminded in its plans for Episodes 7 and beyond?

First, they put plans for Star Wars: 1313 on hold (see here).  I for one was quite excited to see this (as it was described) gritty and mature look at mercenary life in Coruscant's underworld.  No lightsabers, no high Jedi morality, just tough people making tough choices for survival in the Star Wars galaxy.  Sounds like a story I would love to play! (heck, it sounds like the VE!)

Alas, no.  It has been put on hold so that Disney can 'focus on the new movies'.

And today I wake up to this.  The news that, again due to their focus on Episode 7, the Clone Wars series is being cancelled, and the release of Detours (watch the video of the trailer here if you don't know that one) is being postponed.

I'm not going to shed a tear over the loss of Clone Wars, but I really wanted to see the anarchic chaos of Detours!  That looks awesome!

My concern is where will this singleminded obsession will end?  How long before the House of Mouse decides "working on the new movies, do we really need comics too?  Novels?"  Granted, some of the Expanded Universe is weak, but some is excellent.  There is meant to be a new Zahn novel on the way, and if Lucasfilm cancel that I am going to flip!

So yeah, I do want to see new movies, but to gain them we may have to lose a lot.

I know some of the people who do the voice acting for The Clone Wars, and I am not impressed by this move at all. A fair few people just lost their jobs.

Hmm, you've got a point there.

I'll fight on the side of Disney again. While 1313 is promising, what has LucasArts published or developed in the last 10 years that have been truly worth it? All this means is that Disney will publish any Star Wars video game. And it will also give other developers a chance at making a Star Wars game, which means we might actually see some quality.