I started reading the Aftermath books after watching TFA because I really wanted to like the movie more. I bought all three after Rogue One. Seeing (yes…even a CGI) Tarkin, the Death Star and Darth Vader got me really excited to see TLJ. I know Rogue One had some problems but I had always wondered about why Leia had made a point to bring up the sacrifice involved in securing the plans. I can now say those books are terrible! I held my nose through a book and a half before I saw the TLJ. I am done. The storytelling in those books is very similar to the way these screenplays are being written. It almost feels like Star Trek fans have infiltrated the brain trusts who engineered this Disney mega-deal. The storylines of the new trilogy seem to be following more of the direction of this modern Star Trek vibe. I mean the first JJ Abrams Star Trek movie was IMO a very good movie…for a Star Trek movie. JJ is going to end this trilogy with a bang I am sure. But I could really see Chewbacca babysitting Porgs and possibly going vegan while Rey and Kylo find out that the meaning of balance in the Force is falling in love and living happily ever after in Darth Vader’s castle on Mustafar.

Disney thinks that movies like Rogue One, Solo and Kenobi will keep the purists happy. I believe that they will have that semi-Star Trek crossover appeal going into whatever new saga they plan post-Ep IX. Disney will proceed to make the Force into a magic that virtually anyone can find in themselves based off what we saw with the boy Force sweeping. I mean…really where is this all going? I have watched TLJ 3 times now and tried to be as objective as I can be. I really wanted it to work but it is worse than Episode I.