I don't mind a long reply :) I totally get it about the BOBF mods. They were too Disney really. Star Wars did help to push the quality of science fiction and fantasy. There was so much detail in there. The fact they did most of the original stuff with physical models is just amazing. I think they looked at CGI, but it wasn't quite ready. I remember when The Last Starfighter came out and that did use computers. I read about it in a computer game magazine. Now we can watch a million videos that explain every detail, but anything you could find out back then was precious knowledge that you could impress your friends with.
Keep it up!