Apparently it's been ten years since the Star Wars EU was ended.
I read them as a kid but eventually I couldn't keep up with all of the content. I was a poor kid and it was becoming expensive to keep up with the novels, and for that reason I didn't get into the video games and comic books.
Disney did the right thing setting up a new continuity where they picked and chose what to keep from the old continuity, as DC and Marvel often do.
They just messed up the implementation, which I'm sure DC and Marvel have done as well.
The Accolyte looks fun, but if I'm Iger, I fire everybody, put the franchise on hold for three years, and then bring in a real talent to build it back up again after a good rest.
On April 25, 2014, Lucasfilm officially killed the Expanded Universe and created a new Star Wars canon.
gizmodo.com