I really like what I'm seeing so far, this sounds like it'll be a good laugh. Sort of like Gaurdians of the Galaxy but Star Wars.

I'm fine with my character being the pilot/having a ship. At the start of the story his ship could be impounded by someone he owes money to and maybe they have to steal it back to get off planet. My character might neglect to inform anyone that it's impounded until after they hire him to be their pilot.