Gilroy was just trying to justify his decision to toss Canon out the window. He's expressed his irritation multiple times with regards to having to walk that line. Furthermore, to the naysayers, WATCH Rogue One again. Cassien is falling hard for Jyn in the end. That swooning look he gives her when they are in the elevator at the end of the movie. It couldn't be more obvious.

So I just made up the part at the end of The Last Jedi where Luke tricks out Kylo so the rest of the Resistance are able to flee the First Order? You're right,Luke doesn't save anybody. Lol

This outlines what I've been saying fir a while. Which is the majority of the Star Wars fan base is pretty shallow and they don't want their characters to have depth or flaws. They forget that from the beginning, Luke was a flawed character. He disobeyed Obiwan and Yoda, taking the "quick and easy path as Vader did" by going to face him before he was ready to save his friends,though he ultimately prevailed.So why wouldn't this character flaw be an intrinsic part of him,bound to be repeated in the future, with Luke ultimately prevailing as he did in the end not with daring in the OT but ultimately, with wisdom. The Last Jedi was one of the best films

I said after seeing it. " thank God someone had the balls to give zluke Skywalker an arc!