As of the end of The Last Jedi, I understood Rey as representing a new type of Force user, one without any sort of special parentage or position or official Jedi status, and she was going to help lead other Force users like herself to overthrow not just the First Order, but also the corrupt society we see in Canto…

So obviously the movie thought the scene with Hux where Hux says there is now no Supreme Leader and then Kylo uses the Force on him is sufficient to establish why they accepted Kylo as Supreme Leader.

Yeah, I have a lot of respect for why classic story types are such classics, and the “lone wolf and cub” story is such a classic because it works (in addition to the actual Lone Wolf and Cub, see also True Grit, Logan, and so on).

I sometimes treat my spouse as an independent focus group of one, and her reaction to the “deep fake” Luke in BoBF was quite positive. She thought it was shockingly close and found it easy to just watch the episode accepting she was watching Luke.

Yep. I like to first watch these episodes “cold” and just enjoy them for what they are. Then I will come to places like this so people can explain to me more about what I just saw and why it might be important.

Obviously you do know the answer, and personally I am not really that upset by it.

Again, you are being inaccurate and unfair when describing movies like Phantom Menace as being “literally all based around the Skywalker story.”

Even when not as good (Season 3, basically), I found this a fun show to watch.

They are not all dying in the finale?

I love the people involved in this, but the trailer, like the teaser, did not seem particularly funny to me.

Fingers crossed!

Right, my point is this debate is nothing new. Since at least the prequels, new Star Wars content has always had one foot on the exploring the bigger universe path, and one foot on the circling back to the Skywalkers path. And all along there have been those of us who liked it better when it was following more of the…

Oh, and Rogue One is a good illustration of what I am suggesting the prequels COULD have been like (and better for it).

Again, I think you are being unfair to the prequels.

Yeah, I think it is easy to overcomplicate this.

Horrible nerds spoiling being a nerd is perhaps their worst crime of all!

I actually think that is being unfair to Star Wars history.

Again, a bit spoilery, but: a lot of Season 2 actually involves Din learning more about greater Mandalorian society, and then violating the rules of his fringe cult (usually for very compelling reasons, but still). He is then forced to confess this to The Armorer in BoBF, and she is not exactly forgiving about it.

Yeah, the ruthless bounty hunter of the OT becomes basically a wannabe Robin Hood type—technically a criminal gang leader, but he will work on behalf of the people and try to be as nice as possible about it!

If you don’t mind all the Internet spoilers, you could probably just watch those episodes right before you start watching The Mandalorian S3.