I just can’t believe how badly they’ve handcuffed themselves when it comes to room for more stories.
Why in the world would you end the conflict with the Empire just a year after ROTJ? That doesn’t even sound plausible.
The only conflict they’ve made room for is the wiping out of Hutt cartels as was referenced in Bloodlines. Something else that book establishes is that the Republic has been at peace for decades. So no real room for stories.
Fast forward to TFA and it’s revealed the attack with the Starkiller is the first time the First Order has committed an act of war. So no room for stories leading up to TFA.
TLJ starts immediately after the last film, so no room for stories there again.
The only chance they’ve got is if there’s a time jump between VIII and IX.
It’s just bizarre to me how they didn’t worked this out ahead of time and have instead written themselves into a very tight corner.