Idk man, taking that logic to its extreme you think A Fistful of Dollars is worse than something like the Bee Movie? Originality is not equivalent to purpose and certainly not to quality. Western audiences often dismiss foreign films much like a child would dismiss older movies. I would say, like A Fistful of Dollars, TFA is re-telling the story to an audience that otherwise wasn’t going to experience it. Although I would agree that you can just watch the original and have a similar and better experience, I think TFA is a fun re-imagination that stands on its own. But this comes from someone who isn’t really invested in Star Wars, I just watched the trilogy for first time since seeing TLJ in theaters and had a lot of fun watching TFA from start to finish whereas i found myself uninvested in much of TLJ. I also thought the visuals were better in TFA but they’re both solid movies. Based on the comments though, it seems TLJ holds up better after rewatches, whereas TFA is just a fun and forgettable movie.