A Disturbance in the Force

I wanted to write this to express my dissent from the norm of Star Wars fans with regard to the New Jedi Order series of books. Many fans (and by many, I mean 99% of what I've found) are very critical of the series, saying that the Yuuzhan Vong don't belong in Star Wars, saying that the dark tone is wrong, and expressing outrage over the death of a beloved main character (I will not say the character's name, to avoid spoilers.)

I, however, feel that the dark tone of the novels was a nice change in the increasingly childish tone of the Star Wars canon. Not to say that I dislike any of the childish...