Anchorhead said:

TheBoost said:

In the OT our focus was mainly on non-Jedi issues, except specifically Luke's journey. The villains were criminals and Imperial military. Most of the heroes were smugglers, poloticians, and shady businessmen.

I agree with the first sentence. The main story of the first three films isn't really a Jedi story, per se. In fact, most of the military seems to regard the old religion as obsolete. The outcome of the main conflict happens to be decided by a former Jedi (losing) and a Jedi in training (winning), but it's a non-Jedi military conflict.

Regarding the heroes, the true heroes are an old Jedi Knight, a princess working clandestinely against the military, a farm boy drawn into the story by accident, and a self-serving pilot hired to provide transportation so that military information can be delivered.

I know you dont dig on the EU Anchorhead, but one of the biggest EU issues IMHO is that the works are OBSESSED with Jedi. 80% of them are Jedi-centric, usually with some random "Han's Cooky Non-Jedi Adventure" wedged into the story awkwardly.

And worse, there are these long treatises about the nature of the Force. The OT has what, maybe 10 minutes total in three movies talking about what exactly the Force is. The novels go on and on and on about the Force like the authors really want to be Thomas Aquinas or something.

As kids, my brother and I would fight over who got to be Han Solo when we played. The loser had to be Luke the Jedi.