At least here it’s explicit - the entire trilogy is a game of Exquisite Corpse.
But that’s also a wonderful opportunity for interpretation and re-imagining. Not even George Lucas can claim ownership of this sprawling and contradictory set of tales formerly known only as Star Wars.
Oh absolutely. And I actually like a lot of the choices that RJ made ie Rey’s parentage, Snoke’s fate, and the fact that Luke wasn’t loading up some crazy pre-emptive ‘map-fragments, R2 on a timer, Falcon on Jakku, lightsaber waiting in a castle for the right moment’ masterplan.
I’m still not quite sure why there was a fragmented map to Skywalker at all though…
I’m also somewhat murky on what kind of legend Luke had become over the years. I’m assuming he took credit for killing the Emperor on Death Star II, but did he really tell his rebel pals at the Ewok party that ol’ Vader had been his Dad and turned out to be a great guy after all? I can only imagine how deafening crickets might sound on Endor…