Originally Posted by
Anduinel
IIRC, Young X-Men happened because Kyost could only take on so much comic work in addition to their screenwriting jobs, and they chose to do X-Force alone and drop NXM. NXM was successful enough that editorial wanted to keep a young X-Book going after the Divided We Stand fallout, and Guggs got the gig. I've got no clue why he went with the cast he did, except maybe the fact that they had less following than the spotlight kids from the Weir/ DeFilipis and Kyle/Yost runs meant it was easier to get permission to wreck them (a la Dust and Wolf Cub).