But worst of all is the complete lack of backstory combined with the fact that TFA really has no driving motivation for any character other than plot advancement.
I have to agree. I really didn’t care about any of the characters, they only served to forward the plot. I’m definitely gonna be crucified for this; but I think that Anakin was a more compelling character than any of the protagonists in TFA (for various reasons, but that’s another discussion entirely).
Lol what. I can’t tell if you’ve actually seen the PT.
I don’t think the movies are an adequate representation of what happened. It’s like ludonarrative dissonance, but instead of video games, it’s in movies.
I’m going to ignore your second sentence (because what) and point out that Anakin is not a real person. There is no “adequate representation of what happened.”