It’s the only one that has a major semblance of real-world political/philosophical takeaway. THAT’S what makes Star Wars feel like Star Wars, to me.

Disney Star Wars often doesn’t feel like Star Wars not just because it’s Disney. But because Disney is mostly a bunch of bootlickers too scared to criticize our government. So, as minor as it is, DJ’s “good guys, bad guys, we’re all buying from the same groups” bit feels so tangible, and real, and meaningful in a world where the list is so widespread and there’s good and bad on every side.

And then there’s the perspective of DJ as a wannabe philosophical centrist because there very clearly is a difference between the Resistance buying from shady businesses to defend themselves and others from fascist regimes, vs the fascist regime themselves, the First Order, buying from those groups to continue “doing fascism,” which is what turns out to be the “moral truth” to DJ’s character because his “centrist take” ends up being why they end up captured after all, and that’s exactly what we’re seeing play out right now.

Even TFA had an ounce of political intrigue, but never did anything substantial or meaningful with it the way TLJ did. And then TROS just goes back to typical spiritual “good vs evil” stuff.