In the true spirit of 'Let the Past D--nevermind!'
Local theater brought back classics to present because of all the comcough covidy goodness going on, and Empire Strikes Back was one of them that me and a few others went to see.
Very cool to see on the big screen as something I'd never done. Still holds up pretty well, honestly--the most jarring moments are easily the special-edition edits that are jarringly visible on the bigger screen because the CGI is blahgetty in comparison to modern stuff, whereas the moments done with miniatures and matte-painting (I think that's what they did in many cases for backgrounds? Unsure--I'm assuming based off what I know of Blade Runner special-effects techniques) can still be taken at face-value pretty easily. You know they're there and can tell what they are, but they're easier to look at. So most holds up better.
From a broader level, and on something that I think hits a change in films in-general (and comparisons between the OT and the sequel), though? One interesting thing that struck me was how much bit-players and parts actually get camera time and, to limited degree, development or presentation on-screen that modern movies tend not to bother with or gloss over? It's probably even what's behind some of the phenomenon of Boba Fett and the Expanded Universe, really...
Imperial officers interact with one another and have these looks that get shared between them or at Vader's retreating cape whenever he exits a scene that the camera holds on before the scene actually transitions that establishes them and the Empire. Despite very few lines of dialogue, and in only one case (Admiral Ossel) getting called-out by Vader explicitly as something (incompetent), folks like Piett, Veers, and Needa all get enough presentation to be firmly labeled with a degree of personality--Piett is kind of this in-over-his-head dude who's decent at his job but still shit-scared of Vader, Veers is this cold imperial functionary just doing his job, and Needa is the token honorable-bad-guy who cares enough about his crew to jump on the failure-grenade that invites Vader-choking. Their names are used maybe once or twice a piece at most, and they're essentially just there to emphasize 'Empire bad' and 'Vader badass', but they're still more noticeable.
In comparison such bit parts--especially on the villain side--don't get that same kind of attention in modern stuff it seems? The easy example is pointing to Force Awakens and how very disappointingly little Captain Phasma offers. And besides her...Who is there of the new Empire that's distinguishable? Hux, I suppose? But he borders the edge of main character, I think, so it's not quite the same as being a somewhat-random ship-captain or ground-commander who still get that level of camera-time and personality?
Last Jedi does have, for instance, Captain Canady (and I think this whole phenomenon might be part of the reason I liked him) the dreadnought-officer who dies in the opening but nonetheless has an identifiable personality and, despite the quick death, enough time to establish it. And I suppose Phasma reappears but...again, she doesn't really do much?
I dunnow. Probably nostalgia-goggles and far too-much rememberings of EU stuff about people and places that color it, but I still think it's an identifiable change or difference in movie production. Something I might keep an eye out for going forwards, at least.