As I’ve said elsewhere, the galaxy is in Cold War type situation at the beginning. The Resistance is fighting the good fight, and the Republic is looking the other way, yet supporting them in secret. (Yes, it’s the worst kept secret in the galaxy, but that’s politics for you.) As that sure looked like Coruscant getting vaporized, things have changed drastically.

And Han’s death got spoiled for me twice. Once when I accidentally clicked on new tweets updating the OT twitter account, and again when some dumbass blurted it out in a chatroom that had absolutely nothing to do with Star Wars. So many arms that need pulling out of their sockets. 😉