ray_afraid said:

I completely agree with you, I'm just saying I get the "meh, first explosion was better.' feeling you mentioned no matter what version I'm watchin'.

I'm just saying that this

compared to this

doesn't seem as small as this does

when compared to this

(plus, like I said, the sound effect of the Revisited Death Star explosion sounds smaller.)

EDIT: Okay, I've been comparing the two, and the sound effect is what clinches it for me and really why it bothers me so much. Ady's version has no initial "pow" to it.