the key to moving forward with the film would be for it to return to the roots of the first film and be based more on emotion than in explanation
abrams talking about episode 7. I did kind of think the prequels made star wars a little too political, but at the same time it was interesting seeing that kind of exposure of what was going on in the back ground, that you didnt see in episodes 4-6. Obviously, alot is going in the background that we dont see in those films, plus the gray areas of time that are skipped over between new hope and empire, and empire and return of the jedi.
I must admit the new time period these movies are going to take place at seem a little boring. What could be better than the Jedi of prophecy? And that story? Doesnt seem like there is any way they could ever match episodes 4-6.
After just watching them, I can say that episodes 4-6 are great movies, but their stories are some what weak and just unrealistic at parts. Like those moments when everything just seems to conveiently fall into place and fit together (how on earth were they able to dodge that many blaster shots and are the storm troopers really that bad a aim? lol) a couple times it was like point blank range and they fired like 2 feet to the side of their targets and those storm troopers met their demise. Also some of the characters seem a bit dry too, although Han, Leia, r2 and 3p0 seem to have the most character of the mains.
Where star wars really shines is its art direction, creative know how, and ground breaking tech. The clothes, the ships, the weapons, even the audio and sound effects, things like that are so fine tuned in star wars its just incredibly impressive, its like they use all their own things in almost every aspect of the films. The talk and dialogue references things that you would honestly only really understand if you in that world (like the audience is gonna know what a nerf hearder is? haha) but those subtle things seem to tickle the imagination of the audience, and in episode 4 5 and 6 cases at least they over come what ever negative marks the rest of the film has.