ChainsawAsh said:
I've always felt they were frivolous, excessive eye-candy, where the OT fights were emotionally intense and character-driven. Who doesn't love the Vader/Luke duel at the end of ROTJ, right after Luke screams "NEVER!" and goes batshit crazy at Vader? It doesn't matter that they're not being "dynamic" or "energetic," there's much more emotion and meaning in that short sequence than in any of the long, visually impressive PT duels.

Exactly. The PT duels are like cotton candy, while the OT duels are like steak...