From what I understand, it wasn't just a minor change--the Clone Wars people
completely changed the way the Mandalorians were handled for that era, effectively
de-canonizing the majority of her work. I'd leave, too, if someone did that to me--there was no need for that at all.
Denning's books are dry and bland, his characters (with the notable exception of the Hapans) are uninteresting compared to when they are being written by
anyone else, and he
deliberately set out to screw over Traviss in Legacy of the Force. Case in point (
SPOILERS!): plot-wise,
Invincible had tremendous potential. If Zahn or Traviss or even Allston had written it, it would have been a fantastic ending to a fantastic series. Instead, it was flat and boring, and I found myself just wishing it was over already. Boba Fett's backstabbing of Jaina made no sense, and the gene-bombing of Mandalore, while in theory an interesting and dramatic idea, was implemented as sort of an offhand "take that" against Traviss, to try and kill off most of her characters. (
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It also doesn't help that Denning, among many others (including The Clone Wars' writers), continues the trend of overpowering all Force-users, de-humanizing them and making them uninteresting. This and this alone is why the Prequel Trilogy and all related media are disliked among OT fans; in the original trilogy and the books written immediately afterward, the Jedi were balanced and relatable. Yes, they were superheroes with awesome Force powers, but they were still equals with non-Jedi like Han Solo and Wedge Antilles. They were powerful, but they could be outsmarted or outgunned, they were vulnerable in more than an
Informed Flaw manner. Traviss and Zahn both know how to write stories in which Jedi mess up in mundane ways, and are flawed beings like anyone else. In a Traviss or Zahn book, a non-Jedi has a fair shot at beating a Jedi or a Dark Jedi or a Sith. In Denning's books and others like him, that scenario is not only impossible, but patently rediculous. It's a total change in the way the Jedi and the Force are treated; the Force has simply become too important and prominent. This style of writing turns the vast majority of people in the galaxy into redshirts, and it's
boring that way.
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