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Originally Posted by Hammock Parties

Thanks to Luke and his friends the galaxy was saved and they had 30 years of peace.

The First Order attempted a return to tyranny once again, and briefly succeeded by winning a few battles, but thanks to our original heroes, some new friends and a last-minute change of heart from Ben Solo, it will be destroyed from within!

What a great story of family legacy and good triumphing over evil! The Republic will be restored!

It would have been cool if... (spoilers)

Spoiler!

...Rian Johnson had gone back and changed the movie so that Leia died instead of Luke. Maybe Luke is sitting on his rock and about to fade out but drag out the process. Meanwhile Leia is herding stragglers out of that tunnel complex as giant boulders are still being held up by Rey. Kylo reaches out with the force and connects mentally with Rey, managing to stun her and the boulders fall, killing Leia. All three of them feel Leia dying instantly. Kylo is horrified and orders his fleet to retreat. Rey is visibly crushed (lol) as the survivors make their way to safety. Luke becomes completely corporeal and appears to be filled with rage back in his hovel. It would have been quite the emotional kick after seeing her survive the Mary Poppins maneuver.

I don't know. It just wasn't an engaging movie. I feel like they could have done better.