DarkFather said:
It made the galaxy seem tiny. Like a neighborhood where everybody knows everybody. Quite the opposite of fascinating for me.

Yeah! Dumbest thing ever.

A similar thing is how they set up the end of ROTS to match the beginning of ANH so much, like nothing changed in 20 years. Vader is already hanging out with Tarkin, C3PO and R2 are already on the Tantive IV ship which they were on in the beginning of ANH and Captain Antilles is already there. I mean, come on, let things develop a bit in 20 years. Makes things feel less real. Like the everybody knowing everybody thing, it leaves less room in the Star Wars universe.