I know, it seems like a bait thread. That is just how unquestionably accepted and praised Star Wars is in our culture.
I just find it to be very repetitive and unoriginal as a story:
- black and white morality with no complexity
- cliche characters with unrealistic character development
- a very basic plot that uses the same situations multiple times (not even referring to how they shamelessly rehash the death star as the main plot of two of the three movies)
- disconnected plots between the movies that would suggest the writers were just making up crap as they went along without an overall plan (I'd say they didn't think they'd get past the first movie, seems they didn't plan past it. Unless they thought awkward incesty encounters were dramatic and deep or something.)
- the saviors of the universe were goddamn ewoks.
- many other things I don't have the time and patience to specifically point out.
I remember when the movies first came out, and damn they were amazingly revolutionary in graphics and scope, but I've always been perplexed by people's praise of the movies' actual story. I am ready for crucifixion - to be honest I thought the movie with the best story by far was Revenge of the Sith. It had the most realistic characters and the most complex, intriguing plot developments.
The universe of Star Wars is amazing and it has produced an amazing franchise, KOTOR remains one of my favorite games of all time and who doesn't love Battlefront. The movies of Star Wars though, not so much. Your thoughts?