humanracer said:
They need to go back to basics for the new movies. No obsession with continuity or heavy sci-fi like you see in Star Trek. The original Star Wars was like a fairy tale. A young farmers boy goes in search of his fortune and becomes a man in the process, defeating the bad guy and saving the galaxy. Who didn't want to be Luke Skywalker growing up? Characters like Yoda and Vader have become part of our culture. They need to go back to telling an old fashioned adventure story that everyone can relate to
I don't think they left that.
Anakin is the lowly kind-hearted knave who becomes a great knight, tastes forbidden love and falls from grace...only badly written and acted etc.
Palpatine is the evil wizard who disguises himself as the kindly king.
It's more important they drop the cartoon elements and have a more human cast of characters.
In the OT even Chewie and Artoo felt like real people on a human level in the PT even the characters played by great actors felt like they might as well have been made of plasticine.