I disagree JJ, TLJ left the story wide open to go in any new direction for it’s final chapter, freed from the shackles of familiar tropes. If episode IX had embraced that we would’ve had a very coherent trilogy, with episode VIII serving as the bridge between the familiar and the new. However that was not the episode IX we got, this is a movie completely focused on looking backwards instead of forward, filled top to bottom with familiar sights, sounds, characters, story beats, etc. and no amount of fan editing can really change that.

Which is why I think the approach we’re brainstorming is the best possible way to salvage this movie, by leaning into what this movie actually is and trying to make that more coherent. We already have Palpatine/the Sith back, and we have Rey going through a new revelation, so the best approach is to use these elements in a way that actually complements what came before, taking even more from previous movies to tie everything together.