Burdokva said:
Also, the robes... agh, the robes! It made sense for Ben (Obi-Wan) to wear one in the desert. It actually fit with the rest of the Tatooine clothing.
Yoda pretty much wore rags. The only one who wore an actual robe was the Emperor but he is a kind of evil space wizard, in all honesty...

The robes... that's another thing that bugs me about the PT. Before the PT, I always thought that Obiwan and Yoda were wearing rags because they were in exile, not because that's what they wore as Jedi. In SW, every pilot we see is wearing a cool pilot's uniform (except Darth). And we learn that Obiwan and Anakin were pilots. So why should we assume that the Jedi wore rags when they weren't in exile?

During SW, I pretty much assumed that an assemblage of Jedi wouldn't look that much different than some of the hangar scenes. It made sense to me that the very best warriors/pilots would become Jedi as they gained wisdom and strength in the force. ROTJ to some extent, and then the PT, turned them all into Merlins.

I agree that in the PT-based version of Jedi knights, Wedge may not make a good Jedi. But have a look at Dennis Lawson today, and see if you don't think that an older Wedge would make a great SW-style wise Jedi:
http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0493200/