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When Lucasfilm announced it was killing the Star Wars  Expanded Universe, I was heartbroken. The galaxy George Lucas had dreamed up took form in the original movies, but it was populated and fully realized by the authors, artists, and video game developers that helped build  Star Wars'  back stories. Now, like a blaster taken to my childhood memories, that Expanded Universe was gone. I thought the damage would be permanent. But I've just seen the  Star Wars: The Force Awakens  trailer. I've seen it, and I want to go back to the galaxy far, far away  right now . I don't mind that Luke won't ever meet Mara, I don't mind that the Yuuzhan Vong are scrubbed from existence. I don't even care that this is now a universe that will potentially never feature cybernetically advanced Ewok pilot Lieutenant Kettch. The trailer shows that the new movie still has the symbols of the soul of Star Wars  — X-Wings and TIE fighters and the Millennium Falcon t...