Some of you here really feel the same way about ROTJ dropping the ball, and though I don’t care much for any of the sequels I finally understand. At the end of the day I still think ROTJ holds it together better but that may be by default. TROS is a regressive echo, I feel that pain for those who dislike the finale of the OT, now we’re living it again.
New theory: did TROS sacrifice itself to save Star Wars? We are back to square one again, maybe if this trilogy was some LOTR masterpiece all filmed at once and planned ahead we could never escape it or the Skywalkers. The future is up in the air but I guess failure is the greatest teacher, better luck next time?
Right now, I think Abrams had clear direction from up above that TROS had to not replay TLJ as far as fan response is concerned. In that he succeeded if you go by the verified audience scores so far. Total mirror opposite of TLJ.