Yeah, I don’t know how you can think ROTS is great and TFA doesn’t feel like a Star Wars film.
People complain that TFA is too much like ANH but somehow not a SW movie at the same time.
ROTS is barely a movie. It’s half video game and half George checking off the to-do list he has in his head to awkwardly connect 3 to 4.
For all its flaws, ROTS at least attempts to tell a story.
TFA just felt like Disney saying “see, we hate the prequels too, we’ll prove it by showing you cool X-Wings and Stormtroopers again!” and putting their quest to ‘regain trust’ over making an actual piece of art; basically it felt like a money maker and nothing more.
I know a lot of people would say the same about the prequels, but at least George did try to tell a story, even if the execution was pretty off at times.
It’s worth noting too that I’m not here to defend George from all criticism, I’m not as bad as The Force 😉