I’m not hyped.
Though honestly I’m bitter at Disney for the way they’ve handled this trilogy.
There was no overarching plans for the trilogy as a whole.
The directors did not communicate their story plans between 7 and 8.
TLJ was approved as a first draft and it shows.
My criticisms stem from 7 being average and 8 retroactively making it worse due to having a poorly constructed narrative and plot, even if some beats it tried to hit are interesting ideas.
Finn has beaten his nemesis in both of his encounters.
Rey has beaten her nemesis in both of their encounters.
The villains at the end of TLJ were incompetent so they had to retcon a competent villain in.
But I’m not going to rain on everyone’s parade, which I could do… ENDLESSLY
I just liked the franchise and thought I’d always go to it as some type of big event and brand loyalty, lol, but Disney’s poisoned the well for me.
Even the prequels, with stiff dialogue and bad execution felt like they had a story to tell. This… I don’t know.