I do see your point, but I fear some might just focus on the last little bit, or wind up declaring "Timothy Zahn and company revived Star Wars, and then..." (tying into "George Lucas gets none of the credit and all of the blame.") Anyway, though, I did take note of your comment about how the Marvel Star Wars comics ended. At times, I've wondered if they got to where the "New Jedi Order" started rather sooner than the novels did...