One of my favorite parts about the ST is how it has the feeling that we missed a few episodes (just like the OT). It leaves room for surprises, speculation, and mystery.

(The problem with this approach being that, because Lucas actually made the missing episodes that came before the OT, audiences have come to expect answers to questions that never needed to be provided in the OT - such as the identity of the Emperor).

I’d love to see the story of Luke’s jedi too, but a book or a cartoon would work just fine.