Obi-Wan couldn't defeat Vader with his old saber. Luke couldn't defeat Vader with his old saber. Only Luke by refusing to fight his father could win. I think that an allusion could be made to the fact that the lightsaber is still not the answer, it is still too much of an offesive weapon. Yoda said that Jedi fights in defense, never offense, and it is at the end of ROTJ that we see that proven true.

On the issue of having too many OT characters in the PT, I agree with you.

I think that Fett's history should have been kept a secret.

I don't feel real strongly about the droids being present either way, but I know that I don't like the way their inclusion was explained (i.e.

C-3P0 being created by Anakin).

Luke and Leia are a given as far as I am concerned.

I would like to see Mon Mothma have some role and I would like to see Tarkin.

I think including Chewie was unnecessary, but I can live with it.

I am still waiting to see Bail Organa.

Absolutely no Greedo!

Jabba was completely unnecessary.

I thought Owen and Beru were a nice touch, even though they weren't given enough lines to be substantial.

Coruscant was nice to see, but I agree that Tantooine was unnecessary. I would still like to Alderaan, although I still think that Naboo should have been Alderaan. I would like to see Dagobah and maybe a mysterious world where Anankin goes in search of the secrets of the force. I really don't want to see the Millenium Falcon, Han, or Lando. I think that it would be too much and bring down the story. Besides, Han is only little older than Luke and Leia, so how come he woudl have a cameo and they would just be born?

I don't think it was necessary to know where Anakin was born. He should have simply been introduced during the Clone Wars.