To be fair, for the originals you had a big guy in a life support suit, an old man, and a novice fighting with lightsabers, so it was all bound to be slow. It's rare though to see someone actually prefer fights in the newer movies, since all I usually hear from fans, "To many flips!" or "Not like the originals to fast!" and stuff like that. I think the newer ones were a bit more entertaining despite all these flipping stuff, just made if more fast paced and more exciting.