Yoda burned down the tree to get Luke to stop romanticizing it. Luke missed the lesson Yoda tried to teach him day 1: focus on the here and now. Luke was so wrapped up in the ancient order and the mistake he made with Ben that he severed his connection to the force.

Why Yoda had not appeared before, I took it, was because look was disconnected from the Force. Once he went to the rock and reopened that connection, he and Yoda could speak again.

The frustrating thing about this film is it left me for the first time not caring about the next film. I know thats a personal experience.

They’ve still yet to make Ben a convincing foe for Rey or the Rebels. They’ve also still failed to have Rey earn anything in this trilogy. I still think that JJ will reveal that Rey IS a Skywalker and the main struggle in the 3rd film will be that she must decide whether to kill her brother/cousin or not. Otherwise, what’s the point? It is just random force user goes to kill evil force user she is already more powerful than.

I wish they had passed R2 off to Rey as she has no Droid and I want more R2 in my life. Again, personal choice…doesnt make it wrong decision.