Why I don't view Star Wars the same way now.

[Aegon]

While Episode VII was essentially a carbon copy of the original film, I don't see much of an argument that the other 6 were the same movie..

Well, they've blown up three Death Stars in seven movies. If you go with "original three" and the force awakens then it's three death Stars in four movies.

While Episode VII was essentially a carbon copy of the original film, I don't see much of an argument that the other 6 were the same movie..

Ponderous fanfare, trapezoidal text crawl, Star destroyer, planet, phew phew phew, spaceship, may the force be with you, phew phew phew, light saber fight, ponderous fanfare.

Yeah, I guess if you ignore 90% of the movies' content then they are pretty much the same.