Again, opinion. You didn't like the new films. That's great! You and the rest of the Internet (it's a big club). There's one big problem, though. It doesn't address what's really going on.
Ok, I don't know why I will write this now, but I am kinda bored. So, my problems with the SW prequels:
Lightsaber obsession:
"Luminous beings are we, not this crude matter"
It's implied in the OT, that those who are extremely powerful with the force, are above the mere physical. That they don't need the lightsaber, which still is just an object.
That in the prequel trilogy Yoda and the Emperor devolved into mere lightsaber-fighters, made the SW universe more mundane.
Unexplained stuff that comes out of nowhere:
The first SW films were pretty straightforward, and if something was introduced, like the Jedi, it was immediately explained what's about (Kenobi: "The Jedi were the protectors of the old republic, before the empire was") Alright!
Now, with the new trilogy, key plot elements are not explained at all. One important plot point is the "prophecy" about "the one", that brings "balance to the force". OK: Who made this prophecy? Is the one who made the prophecy reliable; had he/she made other prophecies that were fulfilled? When was the prophecy made? Why was it never mentioned before?
The same with the Sith: Who the hell are the Sith? The term was never mentioned before in the old trilogy. I thought at first that the Sith were just Jedi that "went dark". But the movies hint at a more complicated background story with them ("the tyranny of the Sith will never return!") that was never explained.
"Revenge of the Sith" - what do they want revenge for? What exactly happened? I felt cheated. I know it is all explained in the books, comics, games etc. but for some one who just knows SW by the movies, it's just unsatisfying. Even a two minute scene, where Anakin would ask his Jedi superiors who the Sith are, and he would get an info dump, would be better than nothing.
The Jedi themselves: To be a Jedi, one has to be "strong with the force", and the OT has presented it as a
VERY rare gift. What I got from the Original Trilogy is that there must have been only very very few Jedi. Maybe no more than 40 Jedi in the whole galaxy at once. But this is not how they were presented in the prequels. Seriously, I never would have expected, that they have this gigantic temple and training facilities (with libraries and employees!) That the Jedi order is such a big "high-tech" organization.
And what bothers me most is how they were shown. Basically, they were just a better police force. And not a particulary nice one at that (SWAT in space)
Cops with lightsabers. I expected something more.. "mythical" than that. Something truer to the OT. Their abilities were over the top, too.
It would have been better, if their portrayal would be more akin to "the lone ranger" or "wizard" archetype.
This is completely at odds with the previous films. The Imperial officers and Han Solo didn't really believe that the Force exists even, and they didn't believe in the Jedi powers. But, how can that be? Especially the senior Imperial officers must have witnessed the war (involving hundreds of Jedi) just twenty years ago, and the powers of the Jedi?
I mentioned the demystification already. Worse than the Midi-Chlorians, was the revelation in the last minutes of ROTS, that Qui-Gon is now able to appear as force-ghost, and Obi-Wan could learn it too, if he follows "exercises". YAAAWN.
NEVER EXPLAIN STUFF LIKE THAT IN A FANTASY MOVIE! I can't believe that Lucas dared to explain away the mythical underpinnings of the force and the ghosts, but never explained what really needed to be explained, like what exactly the Sith are.
