Sadly enough the Rebels series on Disney XD has been more enjoyable than VII and VIII. Could probably even make that claim about the Clone Wars animation.

As time passes, Rogue One is increasingly becoming one of my favorite films of the franchise - I think mainly because while it was somewhat independent of the trilogies it still had to stay within the confines of what is Star Wars. Just because you have some Storm Troopers and a Jedi doesn't fundamentally make either of these last two trilogy movies much in line with what it should be. The near closing scene with Vader boarding the Rebel ship ranks up there as one of the great scenes in all of Star Wars IMO. Up there with some of the better light saber duels.

I agree Episode VIII made VII a worse movie. I really don't understand any of the rationale for completely obliterating what happened in VII with the story line of VIII. If Johnson wanted a stand alone move he should have just asked to do that. Episode IX is going to have to save the franchise or people might stop buying into this thing.