I’m old enough to remember it being cool to say ROTJ was bad because DS2 was a rehash. Also it was bad because Han Solo supposedly had poor characterization and should have died. And Ewoks were poor Wookiee cousins included for unfortunate humorous and juvenile appeal. Similar and more extensive objections made now are considered offensive. I don’t understand that.
First, “being cool to say ROTJ was bad” is the definition of bandwagon.
Second, many people are happy with the ST because of how they’re returning to form and absolutely nothing like the official Prequels*—which was panned and derided far and wide by anyone old enough remember the OT. To say “say what you want about the Prequels but at least the story was original” overlooks oh so, SO many problems with it.
*— I say “official” because unofficial (fan)edits can do a lot to greatly improve the Prequels’ watchability.
Seeing the same visuals and story beats so deliberately performed takes away from a feeling that this is an authentic world.
Feels authentic enough to me. And in fact, I thought that was part of Luke’s point. He thought the Jedi should end because history is just repeating itself.
Those seemingly coincidental similarities are not the focus.
And yet they are here in this thread?
But it is pretty obvious where OT is being repurposed in a fairly methodical way and that won’t feel natural to many viewers.
I get the feeling the writers couldn’t win for losing with many viewers.