Cherry-picking the one scene in two seasons that had excellent writing and acting and comparing it against films forty years old isn’t very objective. The point isn’t the “acting and writing”. It’s the consistency, simplicity, and heart of the OT. People keep saying “everything is fan service, blah blah blah, if you make entertainment it’s all about making fans happy”. But in 1977, people didn’t clap at the screen when Luke strode on to the screen as Aunt Beru asked him to get a droid that spoke Bocce. He was a new character. They didn’t include some witty “reference” to a Flash Gordon character that was more of a stop sign than a reference in those films. Those movies relied on storytelling instead of shallow meta-narrative contrivances meant to get people to applaud at something without thinking about it too much. Every big franchise or IP that’s full of ‘member berries and nostalgia bait was, at one point, an original idea. A lot of people seem to forget that.
Also, basing an argument for why some new Star Wars is better because “the OT isn’t perfect” is not going to win you said argument. No one who loves the OT claims that it’s perfect. They’re just more genuine and less corporate and superficial than the new stuff. S1 of the Mandalorian was fun, but much like TFA, if it didn’t step up its game after that, it was in danger of slipping into solid mediocrity. Which it has. Maybe now that all the pointless cameos have their own shows, S3 will get better, but I highly doubt it. SW fans have clearly demonstrated to Disney that they just want to watch filmmakers play with action figures they recognize.