Whoa there! No need to get so defensive. Apologies if I brought offense, I didn't mean it personally (then again, I perhaps worded it a bit so).
I believe you missed my point that I wanted to put forward; which wasn't the complete dismissal of large scale battles, as opposed the over reliance on them just for the sake of it. You stated that "large scale battles" are a mandatory, while stating that Ep VII as so on should not go back to the battles in the OT, to which I disagreed on. As Vox Draco stated in page earlier, there is a reason as to why most of the OT's battles are more compelling than the ones in the PT's, since they put emphasis on several aspects rather than the battles themselves. Actual build up, stakes and characters at play, and so forth. A battle on a greater scale doesn't equal merit at all, just like how the Battle of Coruscant--despite being large in scale--is used as an auxiliary to push the narrative, instead of actually adding further emphasis on the battle itself (which has relied on Expanded Material to make it more compelling). Compare that to Battle of Hoth, which is considerably smaller, but still had a lot more focus on the conflict and made it a more compelling one.
A grand battle is always visually pleasing. It is a spectacle, but simply because we have "Wars" in the title, doesn't mean that it is a necessity. And yes, I will boil it down to "Michael Bay" level of a perspective, since it is a genuine fear that I have that Ep VII could easily fall into. Meaningless violence is a trap that could possibly happen, since just like you said; because the movie has "Wars" in it, it needs to "bring on the war". What I argue is to have a well thought out one, and not something done simply because of a reasoning like that. Ep VII can easily have something more minor in terms of battles as a nice first taste, and then have something more grandeur in Ep VIII, for example. As I stated earlier--depends of course how things are executed, but that is how I view the issue. If Ep VII starts out will a "blast" and gives us the biggest battle we have seen on the screen as of yet, which I can appreciate of course, but I wouldn't mind something minor. An no, when I talk about minor battles I don't mean a fight between a few individuals, but armed forces.
And I am not fooling anyone, size doesn't always matter 
Heh that's a strange way to interpret my post but ok..
You really need to watch the OT again if you think those "battles" would hold up today in a movie labelled as an epic space fantasy.
Battle of Yavin 4: On screen it seemed like 6 rebels taking on an galactic super weapon manned by 10 people. Great scene for it's time but ridiculous now.
Battle of Hoth: They had ALL of space to escape but they chose to run the blockade of 1 star destroyer....oh the rebels were surprised by 4 very large and slow moving mechanical death traps approaching on a flat tundra.
Battle of Endor: Good space battle but ground assault...I don't think i need to elaborate here.
The point is the OT was great but let's not say everything was perfect and that we should just regurgitate what was done. As a long time fan I'd like to be greedy. I want a compelling story with the grand spectacle and not have to argue about one diminishing the value of the other.
Maybe you're too invested in the success of this movie. I don't have any fear of this movie being bad or becoming a mindless series of explosions and violence. I doubt the OT cast would be praising this movie if it were. Everything I've heard about it has been pretty positive.
And no wars in a "Star Wars" movie? Do you not know how titles work?
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