Fun characters, yeah. What do you think the original Star wars were about? Flowers and puppies? They were about the same thing, that, plus incest, and they did perfectly fine integrating fun characters. These newer films are nothing less than fillers, the only moment in Revenge of the Sith that actually stood up to the Star Wars standard was with Konobi and Anakin after their fight in the lava when Konobi was having his emotional rant. THAT is character connection, THAT is good dialogue, THAT is what Star Wars was. It was an emotional battle of life and struggles. Luke was in love with his sister, his father was the man he wanted to kill, his best friends are being killed. What happened in this one? Some guy gets brain washed so he kills a bunch of people? Hey awesome emotion! Where's the substance?
Star Wars has substance, reason, connections, characters. These films are just money grabs. None of the characters connect with each other. The only reason why people think it's so good is because they remember how these characters turn out. If he just made these originally they would have flopped. There is too much time spent on fights, and not enough on actual substance. It seems like every 10 minutes some huge enemy is brought out into the open that they have to deal with at once.
And everyone knows Anakin is evil, he's going to kill people, thats the entire point of the film, why do I have to sit there for an hour litsening to him whine about how bad the life of being the most powerful jedi is until he finally starts doing what the movie boasts it's about.
The movie needs more character work, they focus on the main ones, and add maybe 2 or 3 more intresting people. What happened? In Return of the Jedi Luke walked into Jabba's hut and we met at least 10 very different entertaining characters right off the bat.
I really wish I could bring other arguments why it wasn't good, but I don't want to ruin the film for anyone. The only reason anyone would appreciate this movie is if they were a hardcore Star Wars fan and didn't want to admit they've been let down. If you wanted a film that explained things, sure it's a good film, if you wanted a film that actually had a purpose that couldn't be solved with a 2 minute recap from a friend but was chosen to be made into a 2 hour film, then it's not a good film.