You can go and argue the semantics of when the GCW ended until you're blue in the face, it does'nt matter. The core design mandate of First Strike is to deal in the era covered by the original trilogy. So this means content primarily sourced from the movies, with the use of EU material only to fill in the gaps where no appropriate movie prop/vehicle exists, like shoulder mounted missile launchers and tanks for example. Once we have thoroughly mined this era's material, then, and only then, will we possibly be looking deeper into EU lore for additional material. But that day is quite a while off yet, so stop arguing about it already.

Heh, I know.