Star Wars Purist said:
I now think that it would have been best if Lucas had simply not gone in the Prequel direction and had perhaps even kept the Prequel era on a lock-down, leaving it to fans like us to do what we're doing...think of our own immediate back-story. You could have the Tales of the Jedi and Ancient Sith. etc stories, just not the Prequels. Wasn't it better with mystery behind Kenobi, Skywalker Sr., and the Fall of the Republic/Rise of the Empire?!? I'd now say so.
I agree. What you imagine in your own head is often a lot better then what gets put down on paper or put on a screen.