What SHOULD have happened is when Han Solo was stabbed by his son and falling to his “death” they should now reveal Luke could not let his old friend die and flew below to save him - Just as Han saved him in Empire Strikes Back.
But I’ve been able to see “better” stories ever since the first 3, which in my mind proves the weakness of all the rest. Though I came to accept Phantom Menace.
That could’ve worked, and would also fit right in with what occurred in Rise, wherein several times a major character appeared to expire, and then literally two scenes later, PSYYYYCHE, anh they were fine all along.
They want the emotional pay off, but not the consequence of it.
Character death fakes are a pretty common device, but they were way overused in Rise IMO. 3 times I can think of.
cant work out that way,
in sw8 luke had no idea han was dead, jedi don’t lie like that and he had no reason to.