The disconnect is of course, the polishing here and there, just like chrome trims in cheap cars: it doesn't disguise the glaring flaw. The audience wants a "Star Wars experience" not a saga like the original trilogy, and of course, the cheap sappy political soap opera that is the prequels.
Well, my only grief is that they throw away so much of the good EU materials for this.
Of course, not all EU materials should made it to the official canon, most are downright cheesy. But Episode VII nevertheless is a dissapoinment over their strict formulaic plot and being overly ambitious at "re-inventing" the wheel, despite the massively available inspirational content from the huge library that is EU.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FNAy7yCMyBw
This guy pretty much nails it, whats wrong with star wars episode 7
Really? I understand the reason why some people doesn't like TFA. But worse than the prequels?
The prequels are consisted of entirely illogical plot leading to Order 66. It makes the whole mythical "Jedi" stuff to be nothing but a bunch of not-so-wise supranatural powered above-the-law-morale-police that plays petty politics. In our universe, they are nothing more than zealot thugs with telekinesis power and lightsaber combat training who preach Zen, while reserving powerful political and military privileges. The Jedi council is so wise beyond any criticism, and so they are trusted over the Republic senate, to throw all their military solution on shady Kaminoan product. Never mind a test drive or service book check. A regular soccer Mom looking for new MPV is already wiser than the entire galaxy, let alone the Jedi council.
Even after combining the intelligence of a whole galaxy, they can't think of any better governance system than the silly "for the democracy". Even Obi-wan cried of that before abandoning Anakin. Yes, democracy is for some of the sentient lifeforms that clearly have bigger trouble controlling their minds and emotions than the humans. It shits heavily on the sequels, making overthrowing Emperor Palpatine to be "not even for the better".
Nevermind Starkiller's massive scientific silliness and insta-visible light years away event. Every Star Wars spaceships makes some sort of noise outside the atmosphere. The opening of the Episode III: RoTS shows two Jedi star fighters doing useless fancy maneuvers just to show off their new CGI prowess. Heck, new year's firework display clearly have sound delay after the flash due to massive difference between the speed of light and sound. However, in almost every Hollywood movie, every sound effect is action-synched.
