Just some thoughts on why the comedy didn’t work for me all the time: the way the characters reacted to the jokes was “unnatural” for Star Wars movies, and for most real situations in general. We’re used to that in marvel movies at this point, but I personally think they went too far in both TLJ and TFA. RO’s humor works perfectly for me though, and I think that’s largely because the characters’ reactions to the funny things seem more natural.
Examples please.
FWIW the one you just quote from RO (choke on your aspirations) was one of the few in RO that annoyed me.