That was exactly my takeaway too. A lot of other people are saying that, it's not just you and me.
During my nearly empty late June visit I found Star Wars Land to be aesthetically impressive, but devoid of life and charm and soul. It's a very pretty static display however. I'd rate the Falcon ride a solid B+, and I had expected it to be better as they clearly spent some money on it.
Only Bob Chapek knows the answer to that question.
Disneyland CM's have been reporting that several years ago Bob Chapek slashed the budget on all the droids and aliens, characters and stunt shows and musicians that WDI had originally planned for the land. Then Chapek insisted that the Falcon ride operators and the girls running the snack bar would make up for all that missing entertainment by saying cutesy themed phrases like "Bright Suns!", but the CM's aren't really playing along. Thus, the land feels mostly dead and lifeless.
I think the Million Dollar Question now is what can Orlando execs do to fix all this in the 90 days they have between Disneyland's opening and the DHS opening. Will WDW execs be able to get actual entertainment into the land and bring this elaborate static display to life???
I couldn't agree with you more! And I think it's also worth remembering that DHS will be opening a near-clone of the Disneyland version, but without a third entrance and some land and approach angles lopped off around the Resistance ride.
But once you get into the DHS version of the land... the Falcon ride will be identical, Oga's will be identical, Savi's Workshop and the Droid Depot will be identical, all the smaller shops and snack bars and the fast food place will be identical.
I have a growing hunch the fan response at DHS will also be identical. But it will be interesting to see what people find that is any different at DHS compared to the nearly identical land that opened three months earlier at Disneyland.