Red Lightning would be introducing something different to what had been established before.
I think him sucking the life out of Rey and Ben is a good enough establishment for Red Lightning.
Also, part of the film’s plot revolves around Rey worrying that she is inherently evil. It matters that when she sees lighting directed at her, that it matches the Lightning she used.
This is a pretty good reason against the red lightning, although I have some grumbly things to say about it in and of itself.
A lot of Luke’s motivations were solidified by the conversation where he uses Sidious’ name: and describes the plot of the prequels. Abrams did everything he could to ignore as much of the saga as he could. He remade A New Hope, gave some nostalgia, didn’t complete any character arcs, then four years later strings together something that references his movie and a scene from RotS. He prioritised looks over story at every turn, and the films are so shallow because of it. Johnson told a story, even if people didn’t like the story he told. There are layers and connections to evolving the saga as a whole.
Also, TFA isn’t a remake of ANH. I have no idea how that idea became so common.
100% agree. It’s the hill I’ll die on. Something I’d really love to do is make something like a Youtube video arguing my case, because Youtube videos are super easy to spread or digest.