Concerning that last point, the fact that Kylo rebuilds his mask, Rey rebuilds her lightsaber, and Luke catches it…so many people read it as a middle finger to TLJ without really understanding how it actually builds upon it. TFA is the thesis where things are presented, TLJ is the antithesis where they are violently broken down, and TRoS is the synthesis where they are put back together. It’s about characters being broken down and rebuilt stronger, like how a sword must be soften by the fire before being hardened.
Oh I get it, the rebuilding of the mask/saber/whatever isn’t at issue. My TROS rewrite even has a remade saber. The issue here is how badly it was handled in TROS. Rey’s saber is rebuilt offscreen with barely a hint of the damage it sustained and no mention of that damage in the film. Kylo’s mask, far from being reforged as a symbol of Kylo’s status as a new leader of the First Order, is instead a symbol of his regression back into a mere henchmen for a greater power.
TROS makes a mockery of the Dialectic tradition of Star Wars.