Timothy Zahn is the man who launched the Star Wars expanded universe with his Heir to the Empire trilogy and the author who is back writing Star Wars novels today says he doesn’t think Star Wars films should kill major characters because the precedent has already been set not to do so, and that Star Wars movies should send the audience home happy.
The new Star Wars trilogy has been met with a variety of different opinions so far, but one man who knows a thing or two about Star Wars has strong opinions about one trend we’ve seen in the new films.
Each episode has given us the death (or at least the apparent death) of a major character.