What happened after Return of the Jedi?

Why, threepio got chromed by an Ewok of course.

But also, according to author Chuck Wendig, not everyone got wind that the Empire was out of business. Shite.

One of twenty new books (said to be canon!) that fill in the events between “Return of the Jedi” and this year’s “The Force Awakens”, “Star Wars : Aftermath” will fill fans in on what happened in the 32 years since Luke removed his Pop’s helmet to reveal Robert Blake, er, Sebastian Shaw.

“In Star Wars: Aftermath, the second Death Star has just been destroyed. Rumors are flying that the Emperor and his enforcer, Darth Vader, are dead. A new government is forming to replace the Empire. But the galaxy is a big place, and the fallout of this cataclysm will affect different worlds in different ways. Does everyone accept the fall of Imperial rule? Has everyone even heard the life-altering news? What rushes in to fill the vacuum the Empire has left? And who will try to stop them?”