As a person who has never seen Star Wars, I can't argue with you. I thought the political basis the game had was a welcome spin to the classic "Kings, Queens, Save the Princess" kind of fantasy RPG. The characters, in my opinion, had more backstory than some characters in previous FF games. However, I do agree with you about the music and towns. I have only noticed the towns details and patterns just in my most recent playthrough.
Dude you never watched star wars before? You're missing out my friend, should check it out. But back to what's important....basically everyone has said it. People bash every single game out there, even though every single game has become a masterpiece sold by square enix. Heck people still "hate" the game, but still play it. I'll be honest, I like some things about FFXII and there things I hated about, for example the espers, I like the idea of it, but they made horribly weak imo....or perhaps I wasn't using it right.

That's the problem with humanity, as good as something is, we will always find the one thing that lacks and will hone in on it like a bloody missile. I personally did not mind FFXII, in the list of favorites it would probably be....5th. Between VII, X, IX, and IV. Nevertheless, people bash games, let the haters hate and just enjoy the game!