I was 11 at the time, so I would go through wal-and-K-mart in the toy aisles looking for Star Wars toys. There were so many characters I didn't think the movie would ever be able to fit them all.
The point of that anectdote is that even then I knew that the more characters there are, the less character development you can get into a two hour movie. So if anything I was sort of dissapointed that all the plastic used to make Ric Olie action figures was a total waste. Then again, Bossk got even less screen time and his old figures were selling $30 for five inches last time I checked. But Bossk had more character development roaring at an imperial officer in two seconds than Ric Olie or Captain Panaka did in a whole film.
Darn it, now I am confused.