I don’t have anything new/different to add to what’s already been stated, but count me among those who did not like TLJ. I didn’t like TFA, and one of the reasons is because we never saw Luke until the very end, and even then he didn’t do anything. Like, at all. And I had been so excited to see more of Jedi Luke in action. After the trainwreck of TFA, I didn’t want to see TLJ except that I already had plans to see it with my good friend who is also a life-long SW fan. And I was expecting that we’d finally see Jedi Master Luke Skywalker whip out that cool green lightsaber and start cleaning house. And maybe we’d even see some cool stuff from Leia, especially since this would likely be a farewell sendoff for Carrie Fisher.

Nope. Not even close. Not sure who that character was Mark Hamill was playing but that wasn’t Luke Skywalker. As for Leia/Mary Poppins/Supergirl, I think I’m the only person on earth or anywhere else who actually liked that scene. I understood it as the daughter of Skywalker finally showing her Force potential. In fact, I think that was the best part of TLJ, and the only scene worth watching. After that scene I thought we’d see her doing some other Force things, but nope, that was it. Now she’s apparently still around, but what are they gonna do about her in the next movie, since Carrie has passed on? Did they already film a bunch of scenes with her? Will they just have her be mentioned in expository dialogue?

I don’t care. I won’t be seeing the next episode, and if there are any scenes with Leia, I’m sure someone will point it out, and then maybe I’ll just wait until they post those scenes somewhere on the interwebz and watch them that way.

This new trilogy is really nothing more than big-budget really bad fan fiction.

My apologies for such negativity, but that’s how I really see it. As for the side movies, I really liked Rogue One, and I’m looking forward to seeing the Han Solo movie, and I’ll continue to eagerly await any new non-Episodes.