Bingowings said:

I can't disagree more.

Between Star Wars and The Empire Strikes Back there was so much playground speculation about the world that has since been replaced by the PT.

Luke's dad was a great pilot a friend of the venerable knighted Ben....

If they had explored that tangent, the original story, I agree that it could have been interesting. On filling in the blanks with my imagination, I was there 100%.

However, it was all handled so terribly by Lucas that he ended up ruining the mystery and the depth of the character.