Oddly enough, where I live, so many people were polarized by TFA to an extent that they don’t want to go see RO in cinemas. So, there goes all that “how much money it will make compared to TFA” argument out of the window.

I don’t want to derail this but taste is subjective. To me, TFA is an incredibly well done movie but an incredibly soulless one. It’s the marketing director’s sweet dream come true. Repeated viewings have made it worse each time. Whenever people say they couldn’t connect to ROs characters but praise TFA, I can’t help but roll my eyes. If the TFA characters weren’t connected to the original cast, I am pretty certain things wouldn’t have been the same. And I give them that they acted well enough.

Honestly, Ep. VIII has me excited just about three things - Rian Johnson directing, behind-the-scenes photos of an A-Wing cockpit, and the possibility that it will feature a large space battle. I don’t care about the characters one bit.

Not even during the Prequels I could catch myself being so completely uncaring about the fate of the “trio” of Star Wars protagonists. Which really saddens me, but… it’s how it is.