From a franchise perspective, of course, out with the old and in with the new.

From a creative perspective, sure, out of the skywalker ghetto.

But this movie was about subverting tropes. From the gambler character being truly amoral to rey’s parentage to the emperor figure dying ( WHICH WAS AWESOME), so much of this movie defied expectations. Luke’s sacrifice feels like it runs against that.

Edit: I will give them this: I have no idea what’s going to happen in episode ix now, and it’s been a long time, maybe since RotJ, since I felt that way.