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Agree with this and I think most do as well. Only, we all also know its part of a trilogy and it didn't play ball with them... If TLJ was done as a side story that branched out, it likely would have been fine as it would have been judged on its own merrits. But as the middle of the last trilogy, you need to view with those rose tinted glasses with before otherwise it wouldn't make sense for the story arc within that spans that trilogy section. And it didn't want to conform one slight bit but throw spanners into the engine for "Surprise! Not what you expected was it?" cheap thrills to stand out instead. Again, if it was a branched side story, I doubt anyone would bat an eyelash and may even put a wait and see approach. But you can't here.
It's like telling a slapstick comedy of the horrors of Auschwitz back in middle of WWII in a series of films that was sombre and correct, before the final film that shows us the end of the war and how it was bad. It doesn't work. Or changing Two Towers to such from Lord of the Rings.
Anyway, yeah, not disagreeing with you, just highlighting the reasons again why it was bad.
Oh, I don't doubt that nearly everyone agrees here too, ANH was by his then wife no? ESB by someone else and as was RotJ. George was best with help. But, one thing no one disagrees on (I think), is that there's connection between everything, and that's what most people are looking for. Which is why I think now that 8 showed how bad that can be, the prequels are getting another look in (despite their quality).
And the circle is complete.
