User blog comment:Ireithien/PSA: Daisy Ridley is Pretty Much Flawless/@comment-5111283-20151228043459/@comment-5772846-20160104171902

Politics isn't really the problem. Personally, I like to know about the political state of the galaxy, especially in the sequel trilogy, what with the New Republic and Resistance, and First Order and Empire, etc. The problem is when the story focuses entirely too much on bland, boring politics. In Episode I, the whole plot is set in motion by an invasion supposedly due to taxation on trade routes. Wow. So exciting. To me, politics is background information, better conveyed in a novel or dictionary than through exposition in an actual film. Star Wars is a soap opera; what we really care about is the characters and their story. The prequel politics took the focus away. Again, a case of how the story of the prequels wasn't an issue, it was how it was told. The originals featured some politics, sure. It's essential. I have no issue with it because it wasn't front and center.