since no Sith villains make for a less exciting franchise.
At the the announcement of the Lucasfilm buy-out I had my hopes up for a villian akin to the Yizhon Vohng, an outer galaxy threat. An enemy that threatened the force itself.
Seriously. When I saw TFA, I had figured Luke had been forced into exile to focus on a much larger threat. The tragedy would’ve been he KNEW the First Order was rising and killing his friends, but was forced to see the bigger picture.