Thing is, TLJ was the most critically acclaimed of the three, and also featured some fine acting. Most of all RJ tried to inject some freshness into the franchise, by hinting that the Resistance were not so whiter than white by buying their weapons from the same dealers as the FO, and emphasising Kylo as a broken antihero rather than an out and out villain.
I would have liked to see these shades of grey elements continued but Abrams and Terrio instead regressed everything back to the black/white morality of ANH, which these days is dated.
Whatever people think of TLJ in future, TROS will always be the film where the heroes were wiped out and the villain's granddaughter stole their name. And choosing to show Luke and Leia proudly smiling upon her like as one disgruntled twitter reviewer said Mary and Joseph of Alabama, doesn't do either of those characters any favours.
I would have liked to see these shades of grey elements continued but Abrams and Terrio instead regressed everything back to the black/white morality of ANH, which these days is dated.
Whatever people think of TLJ in future, TROS will always be the film where the heroes were wiped out and the villain's granddaughter stole their name. And choosing to show Luke and Leia proudly smiling upon her like as one disgruntled twitter reviewer said Mary and Joseph of Alabama, doesn't do either of those characters any favours.