>>. To the extent it’s not a war movie, it fails. And one could argue, it has failed.
It’s not a war movie anymore, it’s a long drawn out soap opera about one family in the entire universe who muck up the rest of existence for everyone else.
And there are a handful of characters in galaxies of uncounted infinite personas who have any relevance to the story even across several generations.
Do you think that the more it behaves like a family soap opera and SJW drama, rather than a war movie, the more it fails? (There’s also Lucas’ quasi-Eastern-religious aspect too.)
Going into the next one, the rebellion has almost died out. In fact, the Star Wars brand has almost died out. One family’s relationships and SJW politics won’t save the rebellion, or the brand. A full blown war movie is literally its last hope.