On the subject of the sequels.
Personally, I'd go for a full scale adaptation of the EU books about the era after Fall of the Empire. Add Thrawn, Pelleon, Daala, Mara Jade, etc.
Throw in all the Solo and Skywalker children; Jacen, Jaina, Anakin, and Ben, along with Luke's new Jedi Order.
Make things more realistic and interesting, with the Empire collapsing into warlordism and the New Republic being fragile and weak after it's creation.
Make Thrawn be the villain in the first movie and have him die at the conclusion of the second, with hints in the the after credit scenes of both movies showing the real threat; the Yuuzhan Vong. In the third, fourth, and fifth movie, have it be about the Yuuzhan Vong invasion and how the New Republic and Imperials have to band together to save the galaxy from the evil Yuuzhan Vong. The Imperials are already a unified force under Daala, after she decides to put an end to the incessant warlordism and save the Imperial Remnant from consuming each other in endless conflict after the death of Thrawn at the end of the second movie.
At the end of the fifth movie, the New Republic has now become powerful, but is also faced with an equally powerful Imperial Remnant under the unified leadership of Daala and Pelleon. The end credit scenes will show how the war against the Yuuzhan Vong (and the death of his brother Anakin during the war) has changed Jacen and show evidence of his fall to the Dark Side, with him holding the ruined mask of his grandfather Darth Vader after ending a holo meeting with Daala, the head of the Imperial Remnant.
One thing I can't understand is how Darth Kennedy the Woke and her lackeys fail to see how this represents a strong female character.
In case you don't know, the woman in the gas mask is Natasi Daala, while the dude putting on the gas mask is Gilad Pelleon.
And this happens in the novel Darksaber, after the defeat of Thrawn.
And these are Daala's exact words before she releases the nerve gas:
"
I didn't want
to rule. I had no intention
of becoming a political leader—but you have given me no choice. I cannot leave the Empire in the hands of fools like you."
Her and Mara Jade are what I wanted to see in the Sequels, except all I got is Holdo and Rey.
What a disappointment!
If you can't have sophisticated bad guys, at least make them intimidating. Skeletor has more menace in his pinkie finger-bone than all the FO put together.
A single Yuuzhan Vong warrior scares me more than the entire First Order.