Hasn't he supposedly been working on this "dark", live-action, Star Wars television series for like half a decade? I always hear about it, but haven't seen so much as a screen shot.
Far as this detours thing goes....
He's obviously going to milk the franchise for the rest of his life. I've no gripes about that. I agree though that it's unfortunate to see him go back to the same well. I might have been interested if this took place during a different time period or in another part of the galaxy or something, the EU has a ton of stuff (Thrawn, Mandalorian Wars, etc)...don't see the point in this.