The first one was boring, it was decently put together but the story was rubbish* and the gameplay wasnt good enough to sustain any interest. And.... the main character died at the end of the first game, so is this a prequel or some such idiocy?
* Classic official star wars product scenario. Since it counts towards the official canon, nothing that happens in the game can be allowed to contradict or change anything previously established. So you know that no matter how hard you kick vaders ass, he's still going to survive it and die at the end of ROTJ