[legion]

Just saw it. My thoughts:

I think some of the details, like the "maintenance crew" and the "sea cow" were there to answer questions like "how did the Jedi temple not fall apart after thousands of years" and "how did Luke survive on an isolated island".

I think the whole casino scene was there to contrast the wealthy gamblers with the poor, abused "bunny jockeys"--those profiting from war versus those suffering from it. And to foreshadow from where the future resistance will come.

Poe probably had the most character development of the movie. He went from "shoot from the hip" to a little wiser.

Rey is only slightly less confused about who she is. She seems to have mastered the force. She did have the books on the Millennium Falcon.

I don't think Finn was trying to run when he met Rose. I think he was going to find Rey.

I also thought that Holdo should have fled with the resistance and Leia should have sacrificed herself. "Let the past die. Kill it, if you have to."

Luke regretted unintentionally creating Kylo Ren. From the moment he realized that Ren was a monster, he became unhinged. In a moment of weakness, he considered snuffing out Ren before he did damage. Then he retreated into his own self-loathing and doubt. He realizes that the force is not the plaything of the Jedi: they don't own it. It belongs to everyone. There was a character in Rogue One that foreshadowed this. He was not a Jedi but he was effective in using the force without training.

Which brings me to my final thought: There can be no darkness without the light. There can be no light without the darkness.If the Jedi exist, the Sith rise to oppose them. If the Sith exist, the Jedi rise to oppose them. Maybe the resolution is the end of them both?