What happens to Jar Jar eventually? What happens to Han and Leia after ROTJ? And episodes 7-9? Want more proof that George Lucas doesn't care about the EU? All this, plus the final word on why the Emperor renamed Anakin as "Vader".

http://www.mtv.com/movies/news/articles/1501522/20050509/story.jhtml

It's a link to a very interesting and informative interview with Lucas himself. It's an interview which many fans do not know about, so this blog is like a heads-up to it.

Here are some quotes from this interview:

"Han and Leia probably did get married. They settled down. She became a senator, and they got a nice little house with a white picket fence. Han Solo is out there cooking burgers on the grill. Is that a movie? I don't think so."

"He (Jar Jar) goes back to Naboo and he's a representative. He probably stays on the council, he's probably in the senate, because it becomes completely worthless. Senators are just for show, which they talk about in 'Episode IV.' Actually, in 'Episode IV' they get disbanded, so Jar Jar probably goes home to his wife and kids."

From the first comment, you can tell that Lucas does not care about the EU. He disregards it. He considers that Han Solo leads a boring, uneventful, but happy life, no more adventures. If Lucas really cared about the EU and regards it as being continuation of his movies, his answer when asked about the fates of Han and Leia after ROTJ would be the EU, he would say that he left it to other storytellers. But he didn't mention it at all, he said what he truly felt about Han and Leia's fates after ROTJ.

Update:
If you go here:
http://www.mtv.com/overdrive/player.jhtml?vid=48039
there's a video clip of the interview, and Lucas mentions that he has not read any of the EU books, and right at the end of this clip, he says "who really cares what happens after that (ROTJ)".

For more on the subject of Lucas and the EU, click here: http://blogs.starwars.com/Rayten/25

On a final note, I wonder what Lucas thinks of us fans bickering among ouselves over the merits of the EU. You know what I think he thinks? I think he does not care about it anymore than he does about the EU.