Why Does Star Wars Expanded Universe Matter To You?

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The Star Wars Universe has long been loved by millions of fans across the glove. Whether games, comics, books or other media, we could not get enough!

To get to the heart of why this is, we though we would ask the fans "Why does the Star Wars Expanded Universe matter to you?" The following are just a few of the

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