It seems like they just want to jam every Star Warsy element possible into this movie. Lando, star destroyers, Palpitation, droids, fleet battles, Endor rip off, water planet instead of fire planet lightsaber battle...gah! Bright explosions and loud lights, with no cohesive plot.
And VIII is going to make even less sense on the continuity spectrum. The resistance somehow goes from “we can’t even field a 53 man for game day” to “let’s take this massive fleet we’ve assembled from...uh...various sources and mess some fools up.”
They should’ve just gone with my idea where Leia forms a REIT and methodically bankrupts the First Order through triple net leasing.