See, this sentiment has been stated enough in this thread to make me think that some people really have a different understanding of Wizards' run as the licencee than I do. WotC's biggest problem from my perspective, came from trying to get the game out to be in synch with the new movies and that's where the rush came from. Thus we had Star Wars, then Star Wars Revised, neither of which, I will agree, were very good.
But I actually thought that they hit their stride with the Saga Edition. I liked it a great deal, bought every book, and enjoyed playing it. I thought it came to a very logical conclusion at the end of its publication run and gave me, as a player, a very complete system for playing any number of different kinds of Star Wars game. It certainly wasn't perfect, but for me as a player, it gave me a very good product. And, here's the thing, Saga edition had Jedi from the start. So the idea that the alternatives are "have Jedi from the start" and "do Jedi well," just doesn't stand up from my perspective.