if star wars is good at anything its worldbuilding
lucas went huge on the worldbuilding in the precuels and and a ton of people hated them
I really liked how the precuels were all about showing this huge sprawling galaxy full of different colorful characters and things happening all over the place at the same time but I also like how the new movies take place inside a bottle and with minimalist casts
I really liked the Kylo x Rey plot.
For a second I thought the two of them would be like "FUCK THIS PLOT, FUCK ALL THIS BACKSTORY, FUCK THIS FRANCHISE, FUCK EVERYTHING" and then kill everyone and rule the galaxy together, that'd have been sweet.