Darth Lars said:

In the real world, our planet is located in the outer rim of the Milky Way galaxy. If you happen to be in a rural area without any light pollution during a night with clear skies, you could see most of the galaxy as a band where the stars are denser than otherwise.

I was going to post something similar... :)

I remember a particular impressive picture of our galaxy as seen from the ground, using some high sensibility process, that was published some months ago but could not find the article but here´s another example... I guess something like this would look more realistic in the movie but not as impressive, I like the original... :)