I have seen a few complaints about TFA having poor characters. Not many but a few. I’ve seen a few people say R1 had great characters. Not many but a few.
I’ve seen no one say both those things together.
And no, since you asked, I don’t spend time outside of here discussing Star Wars, except an occasional post on non-SW sites, and with my wife and daughters.
Then we must have had a misunderstanding. I didn’t mean to imply Rogue One had great characters, I just said they were interesting. I don’t even think R1 had good characters, just that a couple of them were interesting to watch and think about.