Pretty much. Only reason the mainstream media and casual audiences defend the nu-EU so much over the old one despite not really taking a part in either is because the nu-EU has woke immunity (ie "we have non-binary WOK transhumanoids with rainbow hair of ambiguous brown skin color, so talk shit about us and you're a bigot" while also making audiences think that criticizing it is the act of le evil trolls sent by the evil nazi alt-right hacker known as 4chan, which worked for Wendig and TFA early on) and also because mainstream media and "geek culture" sites keep telling people how awesome it is while giving brief summaries of said shit so they don't have to read or buy any of it (resulting in defenses simply because "X" site said its cool and mindless hate for the old because X said is bad, with X usually being HelloGreedo and his affiliates). Most nu-fans buy the new crap simply to fill up their shelves and collection but only superficially skim through it or read a summary online of it, hence why Wendig received such mindless praise early on, same with Aphra. These monkeys don't know jackshit about Aphra and don't even buy her garbage outside of her brief mediocre run in the Vader comics. The biggest proof of this is all the people who defend Aphra Issue #16 as one of the greatest SW comics of all times despite easily being one of the worst, even putting Jaxxon to shame. The real reason the media defended it so much and why so many lie about its quality is because it had the
"first same-sex kiss in Star Wars! History has been made! OMG SQUEEAAALLL!!! XDDDD"
That's the only fucking reason. Some will even call this garbage a love letter to past stories and SW history which it isn't. Not in the least Its a mockery and reddit-tier mess of bad jokes and dialogue that the author solely created just to get the woke medal of honor. That's all. And yes, this is the same issue that gave us the unforgettable line
"SNUGGLE BUM OOGIE WOOGIE!" by Dr. Aphra MD PhD as she murders a fat cat and kills all her allies just to save her own ass and her soon to be betrayed gf.
The only good thing from this godawful comic was a Defel warrior hired by Dr. Aphra who cannibalizes its victims, but the assassin ends up being easily killed by Dr. Aphra's cyborg Ellen gf who then wears her severed non-bloody head as a mask.
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There actually exists exceptional individuals who will defend this dialogue as the peak in SW dialogue.
Also the creepy mime tranny doll cyborg and the tumblr droid weird me out something fierce. She has a fucking holo projector in her skull. Why would you have a communications device installed on a part of your body you can't even see?
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And you all already know Toilet Man and his lover Inspector Gadget. Also some other characters Aphra doesn't take seriously.
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And she wants to fuck the amorphous, green, androgynous lesbian too... Of course. Being an amoral, quirky and Whedon quip-spouting lesbian is her whole character after all.
Fuck I didn't want to talk about this bitch again, but here we are...
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When will this garbage and its shills get axed? Marvel cancelled the Poe and Emo Ren comics, so why not this crap?
Anyway as you said, I'm pretty sure that I'm the only human being who so much has bothered to actually barely skim through a bit of this garbage just to prove how bad it is. Everyone else just watches youtube reviews of them or reads a geek site summary or wookieepedo article to prove how great Disney is. However there's actually a few who read this faithfully from start to finish with a deeply twisted passion... I know because I am well acquainted with some twisted oddballs like that. They've also eaten Wendig's awful sandwich and loved it. But even those aren't large enough numbers to warrant any real popularity. Sure the woke brigade defends her sorry ass and these shitty nu-Wars media, but this shit ain't genuinely popular. Marvel and Disney just won't stop pushing it because of the clickbait it provided them when it first launched. Now its worthless except for moronic Disney diehards and woke knights, so at the very least just end this awful comic already before Disney's stupid enough to give her her own Disney+ show, video game or movie.