The reason the ANH worked was because it was a simple film. There were goodies and baddies, in an amazing looking world full of cool shit we hadn't seen before.

Of course Lucas had a ton of back story, but the first film shows that it didn't need it. Over the course of three films we were shown more of that universe and got to know it through the characters story. It wasn't about politics. Who cares?

If this new trilogy has any chance of recapturing that spirit I hope politics stays out of it. It should be a small story. It will be difficult to have cut-out baddies without redemption (I know Vader had redemption but he was the only one). In a modern film the Emperor would go into therapy...

I hope they keep it simple, keep the Force to a minimum (Jedi's are boring - watch PT), tell a cool adventure in the OT universe. All that Imperial hardware would still be out there. Would all those Stormtroopers surrender - I don't think so.

They should make it as if the PT doesn't exist.