Are you kidding me with the bane trilogy? Rule of two directly relates to the movies... it's stated in episode 1 which came before bane came out. New jedi order has the big three from the OT in it.. the only one you have a case for is old republic but even that relies on the films as well
They are set in the same universe and still follow the skywalkers/solos after endor so yes they have the same characters its the continuation of their story i hope so It still tells galaxy changing storys NJO specificly in disney only on screen can the galaxy change
Except in you know the high republic era books... I swear it's like you all forget that Disney has 15 almost 16 years of content.