And see, I find it to be a very fitting end to Star Wars. The gist of the entire ST is to not lose what our parents fought for. Not to let the old evil regain its power. In the ST, the First Order and the Emperor’s new Last Order never rise to supremacy and rule the galaxy. They are stopped before they get to that point. It isn’t the rebellion vs. empire again because there is no empire. This story goes back to the PT and stops Palpatine before he can forge his new Empire, what Obi-Wan, Yoda, Mace, Anakin, and Padme failed to do. The victory over the Empire remains intact but is in danger and the ST characters save the Galaxy from that take over. Some worlds were taken over, but not the all encompassing Empire of the OT. It never reached that level. A year is not enough time. The Resistance was victorious in stopping the resurrection of the Empire, even if they weren’t able to save the Republic. So the story is very different than either the PT or OT. And we get to see those who helped Palpatine destroyed as well as Palpatine himself, so the chance of him coming back is pretty non-existent (where in ROTJ we see him fall down a shaft and an explosion of blue light but not what happened to his body). I found this story to be much more satisfying than anything the EU every created. The Zahn Trilogy was fun, but this felt more in line with the rest of the saga. I also found it very in keeping with the Flash Gordon serials that inspired all this and with the ancient myths where the new generation has to keep what their parents achieved. I can’t help thinking of Uther, Arthur, and Mordred. Arthur lost (in the end) what his father had built. The echos are strong that if Kylo had not been turned back to Ben, that what Leia and Luke worked so hard for would have been lost. Instead, Ben and Rey were able to save it.