9. Too Much Green Screen
For the love of God, Xenu, or whoever George Lucas prays to,
please tone down the CGI backgrounds and objects in Episode 7. Even the most skilled actors in the series such as Liam Neeson and Samuel L Jackson evidently struggled with the sheer volume of CGI sets that define Lucas' new trilogy. After all, how easy can it be to act opposite a tennis ball stuck to a ruler? The acting evidently suffers, and in the case of the less-skilled members of the cast, such as Hayden Christensen, they could really do with something physical and practical to interact with. There's the hope that with a new creative thrust, perhaps this could be scaled back a bit, giving the series less of a slick feel and more a practical look, perhaps in line with J.J. Abrams' excellent Star Trek reboot, which combines visual effects with real sets superbly. Granted, Star Wars has a far larger, more ambitious aesthetic to maintain, but reining it in just a tad would be worth it if things felt more authentic at the end of it.