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Originally Posted by Ashartus
I enjoyed it, but one thing I find with the new trilogy is everything feels much smaller. Part of that is due to Abrams - the man has no sense of distance or time in anything he's ever done - but in general the scale of the conflict between the First Order and the Resistance feels very small. That doesn't make them bad movies, just a different feel.
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I agree. One thing the prequels did - thanks to Lucas and his love for computer effects and all things CGI - was flesh out the SW universe and make it seem far grander in scope than it ever had. Bad dialogue/acting aside, I loved seeing Coruscant, Naboo, Camino, Mustafar, etc., and all of the visually busy scenes that came along with them.
Abrams more so prefers the sensibilities of the Original Trilogy, and pared the scenes back down using tools like real props and a lower overall volume of visual bling during moments in the Force Awakens. In The Last Jedi, the plot does seem somewhat “contained” within a smaller figurative vessel as well -the only actual world we see is Canto Bight (and Crait I suppose).
Maybe not precisely what you’re referring to, but these are the impressions I’ve had of the three trilogies so far.