towne32 said:

True. But that was just based on a few concept art images. I imagine they would gear what they show to shareholders to be the more modern and, as they say, video game like aspects rather than the retro qualities that may hopefully be present as well. The people reporting from the meeting also said that the people/soldiers in the images had no qualities that really made them discernible from one another. These scenes might not represent the bulk of the movie.

I don't have too much faith in the standalones being good. They'll probably get less of the care and concern that folks like us are interested in, compared to the ST. But I'll wait until we get a bit more news about completely giving up on them.

If done right and in the spirit of the original trilogies, it could be great.

There was such a spirit of camaraderie among Rebel pilots from the original films. It would be nice to explore that further.