Granted, I like Force Awakens a lot more now, but after rewatching the originals, it made me kind of sad. Why? Because it seemed like the Rebels fought so hard, sacrificed so much, and were on the run so long to defeat the empire, and it just comes back after they defeat it.
I don't know, it just made the ending of Return of the Jedi mean a lot less to me. I mean, it was like Episode 7 was saying "This isn't peace, this is an armistice for thirty years". And it was.
I mean, the First Order stomps out of freaking nowhere, and annihilates the Republic in one stroke, completely destroying everything the Rebels fought for. Granted, it did give sympathy to the Resistance and their plight, but it seemingly simply discarded all the blood, sweat and tears the rebels lost in their gallant fight against the empire.
That is in my opinion the only true bad thing about Episode 7. It just seemed like the whole original trilogy could have ended with an Imperial victory, and you'd have basically the same Episode 7.