As Matt Wilkins has pointed out in an earlier post, West End Games is the one of the few Star Wars products that kept the EU - and indeed the franchise - alive during the dark times in the late 80's before the Zahn trilogy. To commemorate the 30th anniversary of the dawning of the West End Games era of the EU, FantasyFlight - the current producer of Star Wars-related RPG's - is reproducing the original 1987 West End Games core rulebook in a very handsome, limited run. Whether you played the WEG games back in the day, or are new to roleplaying games in general, this is a must have addition to your EU collection.
For more information about West End Games - including links to digital versions of every WEG supplement and adventure, visit StarWarsTimeline.net