The new BSG was horrible.  It suffered from the new writing style which has two main elements:

• Moral Relativity.  The "bad guys" don't exist.  What at first appears to be bad guys are "just like us."  BTW, in any story if there's no strong protagonist the story fizzles.

• Redemption.  For some reason writers have decided that unless there are characters who do something bad then get redeemed, there is no drama.  It may be true, for example the character of Zachary Smith in Lost in Space had that element, but they overdo it.  Dr. Baltar helped wipe out the entire human race, but he attained redemption.

Star Wars employed both elements, but did them well.  Darth Vader was just like Luke, but there was no moral relativity.  Anakin chose evil, and perpetrated evil.  He was redeemed when he made the choice for good.  Luke wasn't just like him in that Luke did evil, he was just like the bad guy in that the bad guy had the seed of good in him, and ultimately took good actions.