I think another poster said it before, that TLJ is both good and bad. It gives us some bold choices both in story and character, that defy expectations. At the same time franchises thrive on expectations by giving us more of the same with some new stuff sprinkled in. In a lot of ways the sameness defines a franchise. Do we really want something new? Do we want to see Indiana Jones grow old? Do we want to see Superman no longer able to fly? Do we want to see Spider-Man deny that with great power comes great responsibility? These are traits, that define these characters. Should a writer change Spider-Man’s character, or reveal previously unknown flaws, or should he create a new character, or a new story. These questions don’t have a right or wrong answer. One thing is for sure Star Wars is evolving at a faster rate than ever before.
I’m really wondering what’s going on with the Solo movie. As the word was the original director was making it too much like a comedy or something. And so they brought in Howard to re-shot a lot of the movie. I really hope they see the complaints of the comedy in TLJ and remove any of that in the Solo movie when they edit it and/or do pickup shots.