Quote Originally Posted by Vincent, Thunder God View Post
So they scrap the EU, invent a silly new reason for the Death Star flaw, CGI in a dead actor, and now they've screwed up the timeline for the start of the Empire.

The new films feel like they're just appropriating the OT's visual style while completely losing the heart of what made those movies great - plus they clearly don't have any respect for the original continuity either.
(SPOILER)Maul was shown to have survived in the Clone Wars TV series, which is still canon to the films.