Things to do in Ep9:
- Rey studies the Jedi books and develops her abilities more
- Kylo & Hux continue working out the difficulties of managing an Empire
- The Rebellion grows
- Leia dies, almost certainly off-screen, probably early on
- Kylo either turns or dies
Predictions:
- The film opens a few years after TLJ
- The gang are all split up, leading different Rebellion cells
- At least one cell, in an anti-Empire operation, runs into a cell that spontaneously formed, unconnected to the Rebellion structure, demonstrating the success of the theory explained at the end of TLJ
- Whichever cell Leia is leading is killed by a big explosion
- Kylo turns, at the end, to help found the New Jedi Order with Rey. They’re a lot more casual about the whole thing and don’t wear silly robes
- Some stupid mystery is introduced, because it’s JJ Abrams
- Nothing more is revealed about Rey’s parentage or Snoke’s origins
- JEDIT: Phasma returns