re-imagined episode 4!

Rating: 3/10 (17 December 2015)

i am big fan of Star Wars series myself - have watched them umpteen times, i saw the premier show in Bangkok and was super excited. I had lot more expectations from the movie - it was a re-launch - and thought it needed a proper and new plot - i was under impression the Star Wars have a proper line up of stories up-till episode 9 - guess i was wrong ! Even a simple plot would have done rather than a redundant one - personally i felt this movie was a re-imagined episode 4...minus the Jedi bit (it was missing badly - the Darth Vader role was weak).
I feel the entire star wars original series was a story of the boy going through his emotional journey that took him from fame to shame to death.
Original series was awesome - all the fights, discovery of Anakin and C3PO, the pod race was thrilling, younger Yoda and its unique ways and the love between Anakin and Padme - which provided a missing link to New Hope.
In my mind the original series ends there and the reconstructions (episode 7) is really weak and it lacks the uniqueness of the characters whether good or evil.
Even though entire series claims that the clone armies are brain-washed army designed to follow orders - there is goof up in that thought process - goof ups happens when the new writer doesn't care about the original theme and imagination of a character - including about light-saber and how to use it - i believe very similar will happen if Harry Potter will be rekindled 20 years from now ! some series should just end and cherished upon or re-created with tag saying re-imagined episode xxx with better graphics - there is no need to take star wars in the direction of star trek or avengers!