Faster, more intense. -George Lucas
There’s nothing wrong with making things a little more intense than in earlier movies. TESB has some scenes that are more “intense” and dramatic than the action scenes from SW, like the Falcon nearly succeeding into letting three Star Destroyers to crash with each others or Luke’s rescue from the bottom of Cloud City. That may have been something amazing in 1980, but now it’s rather mundane compared with the crap you have in the prequels, for example. At some points things become too big, too epic and too dramatic, and these movies crossed my personal line a long time ago.
I sort of agree. I’ll watch a CGI “dense” movie like Avatar and enjoy it. Same with the Marvel movies and whatever else.
But there’s something about a movie that is slow-paced, and works on building a sense of wonder, instead of forcing it on you with spectacle.
I wouldn’t even argue that the OT fits the definition of that kind of movie. But because it flirted with those aspects, that’s why it has staying power, it least for me. Maybe others are different.