Duel of the Fates rocks.
And Obi-Wan vs Anakin/Yoda vs Palpatine was quite awesome, same with Yoda vs Dooku, even if it was short.
Though Mythbusters proved that, even if Obi had the high ground, Anakin could still hit his legs. That, and the ROTS game had an alternate level where Anakin leaps over Obi-Wan, kills him, kills Palpatine once he gains his red saber, then takes over the Empire
Well, when the original trilogy came out it was just a cool space-based fairy-tale.
After that, however, with all the games and books, and the prequels, it evolved into a full blown fantasy universe with its mythos and lore, etc.
Disney discard all this and try to go back to the "space-based fairy-tale" mode.
To be honest, I'm playing SW:TOR atm. and I'm enjoying the story way more than TFA.
So I believe that's what Lucas referred to as "oldschool Star Wars" - discarding all of the progress made since the beginning.
I have to disagree completely. Darth Vader works much better as a mysterious villain, who's exact story is unknown shining a light on him (And for what...at least 10 years of his life right?) actually weakened his character.
It's the same reason why I wouldn't want a prequel made to show off the Emperor's backstory, some villains work better as mysterious people, both Sith are examples of this.
I think the best prequel established was Force Unleashed, it allowed for a bit of depth to Vader, without moving into whiny brat mode, allowed the Rebellion to be more realistic and set up some pretty awesome characters. And it could have worked perfectly well without the Prequel Trilogy..
But none of it actually adds to his character. The only bit we didn't know already know from the original trilogy, that I can think of, is that he was the one who killed Luke and Leia's mother.
We already knew he was seduced to the Dark Side by the Emperor, we already knew he was a noble jedi before becoming Vader (although movie Anakin hardly acted the noble, kind-hearted jedi and more the angry teen rebelling against his parents), we already knew he had a lover considering he has kids, and we already knew he hated what he had become.
The Clone Wars did a better job. They gave Anakin a sense of humor and they didn't actually focus that much on the Chosen One storyline. By the way, apparently Anakin's birth was a virgin birth. What the hell?
I get what your saying, but still disagree.
I feel like everything is explained as much as it's needed, perhaps not fully explained, but it's being designed to be explained more and more over the next 2 movies (Which, is the right decision when making a series). When reading a book you don't want everything explained to you right away, so why would you with a movie?
Finn, I really don't get all the criticism of Finn that's been shown. He's proven himself to Poe, Han Solo and helped deliver critical information to the Resistance...Sure he could be a traitor, but it's not like they're giving him top secret information, so far they let him in on one thing and that isn't exactly a massive secret (There were tonnes of random people in the room when talking about destroying Starkiller, anyone of them could have been a spy).
As for Ren, I'll admit I have to agree, though I do acknowledge the fact that we simply don't know enough about Rey yet to judge that. Though we do have to keep in mind that Kylo Ren isn't a fully trained Jedi/Sith yet.
Vader as a script is ok in the prequels for me, after all we allready knew that he was once a noble jedi and a true friend before succumbing to the dark side.
It's the actors that play Vader, especially the grown up one, that spoil the thing with less than perfect acting. The scene with Obi-Wan before the duel could have been one of the greatest SW moments with 2 good actors, instead of one, the same goes for the scene where he turns to the dark side.
Speaking of which, Palpatine is one character who is expanded in the prequels and it's for the better.