Which EU series would make the Best movies?

[Ace Pace]

The X-wing series could easily be turned into either a TV series or a series of movies.

[Illuminatus Primus]

I believe that the original Dark Empire would make the best single sequel to the OT, with several modifications. For example, it should take place closer to the end of ROTJ, or before the Thrawn Trilogy. And Palpatine would be dead dead at the end of DE1. Other than that, it has Palpatine, the main villain of the movie saga, and it has Luke going dark, which is unexplored territory for intense character development. There's also space battles, lightsabres, bounty hunters, and lots of MF action. How can you go wrong?

Not to mention the fact that the story itself isn't all that complicated to understand, and there's really only 2 big plot threads to follow, Luke's journey/rescue from Byss and the Battle of Calamari. It could easily be compressed into a 2 hour movie.

Would you really want to bring back Palpatine, just to kill him in 2 hours? I think if you were going to use DE you should use them all and make another trilogy, just don't kill Palpatine until the end.

The original DE arc has enough implied, off-screen, and prologue material to stretch into a duology or trilogy. There's no need to go with the sequels.