I don’t believe my comments are conflicting; I simply hold different standards for different films based on expectations.
The Force Awakens was able to get away with being a soft reboot while also being a soft remake of A New Hope simply because we, as the audiences, needed to be convinced that this new Star Wars series is the Star Wars we wanted, and not the prequels.
Subsequent films are not afforded that same luxury, because now the groundwork has been set and the series should tell new stories and try new things, or else risk having not had any new purpose of existing.
If Abrams tells another story that involves the moon of Endor, another Death Star, a climactic finale with Palestine, Kylo Ren dying after being redeemed by Rey, and Lando blowing something up in the Falcon, then The Rise of Skywalker will have been a failure.
I like to think that the creative minds in charge are aware of this and won’t go that route, but the trailer does raise the possibility of all of those things happening.