I agree with both of you. I did enjoy the force awakens for the most part. I did roll my eyes a bit when the big giant death ball was unveiled. TFA had plenty of issues and it didn't have some moments I really hoped for. But overall I thought, if ep8 expands upon some of the ideas 7 started, I'll be happy. But then after 8, everything was just disjointed. And now with 9 we have huge questions to answer. Is JJ going the retcon central approach? Will it somehow pull all the movies together? No matter how 9 turns out, the saga will just feel off.