The thing that will eternally irk me about the ST is that earlier scripts for Episode 9 had a little something to say. The trilogy would not have been perfect, but there was finality in its conclusion, and it made some steps forward. Rey challenged old Jedi ways and refused the notion that they had to wall themselves off from love, and repress their ‘darkness’. She found new strength and a new approach to balance. This addressed issues that arguably caused Anakin to fall, and the Jedi order to fail. It was a Colin Treverrow script, which blows my mind. ‘Duel of the Fates’ was not without its issues, but there was some actual thought there.

Nearly everything that changed for TROS was for the worse. There was a role for Rose. Finn actually played a part and fulfilled his arc in leading defecting troopers. An uprising on Coruscant, people turning evil’s weapons against them. A First Order HQ to target, complete with Chancellor Hux and a glimpse of the various crime lords that funded them. A final duel on Mortis, Luke getting a cool heroic moment. There’s a bunch of stuff I’d tweak, but even as it was in the 2016 draft I read, it was much, much better than what replaced it.