Anchorhead said:

for the life of me I cannot, nor have I ever been able to, figure out the attraction to this character. Cool looking when he isn't speaking, mysterious, and plays a somewhat minor role in the second film. Yet people by the millions lose their mind over the character. Not sure what I've been missing for thirty years, but I don't get the worship, even remotely.

Like Silverwook said, I think it's that, for the most part, he's a blank slate the viewer can draw on with their own imagination. I think he works great in ESB, but I don't wanna know* any more about him.

SilverWook said:

I'm sure Temuera Morrison is a good actor...

I watched him act in AOTC back in 2002 and I'm convinced. ; )