Well the Jedi aren’t exactly without flaws in the OT. You get Obi-wan lying , and Yoda keeping his mouth shut, to Luke about his father because they needed him to defeat the empire. And , when Luke was rushing off to save his friends and ultimately confront vader, Obi-Wan told him that he wouldn’t interfere. The same person that was supposed to be more powerful than we could possibly imagine after being struck down. And then, When Luke was calling out to him to help, completely ignored him. And finally told him that if he didn’t go and face Vader again and kill him that the emperor had won. refused to even listen when Luke said there was still good in him. He just wanted Vader dead.
How are any of these flaws? Obi-wan didn’t lie so much as he obscured the truth to protect Luke. He and Yoda knew that Luke wasn’t ready for that information, it would have destroyed him and turned him to the dark side. Nothing the Jedi did in the original movies was “bad” or “misguided” or “evil”.
That’s what Star Wars used to be. The forces of good, betrayed and nearly extinguished from the galaxy, banding together into a common resistance, to fight tyranny, and oppression, and evil, all of the things represented by the bureaucratic Galactic Empire. That was always the moral of the story.
When Disney bought Star Wars and announced they would make another trilogy, I was hoping they would pass on that good and moral story to a new generation of fans. It was an even better thing to see Rey in the lead as a female character. Instead we got these cash grab toy commercials, where characters never grow or learn anything. They already come pre-packaged all powerful. And the Jedi are actually bad people. The exact opposite of what the OT stood for.
The Force Awakens was flawed in a lot of ways but there were some good parts and some room for potential. This movie was just the worst. So so so bad.