fishmanlee said:
I don't know, Kinda shrinks the universe.
I think it's too easy to say that. I always thought these characters in OT that had bit parts, but had a past would be more important in the prequel films. Like Owen and Beru, Mon Mothma. Almost as if by the time we see them in the OT it's like a nice cameo/reminder of the past, and a passing of the torch for the new generation.