All of these exhumations for new stories - from Creepy Puppet Yoda to CGI Tarkin to Nu-Jabba - were all flashing red lights indicating the need for new characters. Not that I have anything against bringing them back, but at some point it becomes easier to just write around them and give us something new instead of attempting to live up to unassailable performances of old.
I get what you’re saying, but there is something to creating continuity between the stories. In this case, Han and Jabba clearly have a history (with the character in the films always representing the world Solo came from). He doesn’t have to be in the film, of course, but if the story calls for it, why not?
Anyway, if we do get a puppet Jabba, that’d be a real sight to see.
I’d be interested in seeing it as well if they’re really going for broke trying to outdo the original puppet and if there is a substantial story reason for such a character. If that’s the case, it makes sense to attempt it, however it irks me when major characters have cameos just because ‘hey its what’s-his-name!’. I believe that a character is appreciated for what they bring to the story, so when a character is reused and brings nothing to the story, that character is diminished to me.