Well then, that's one perspective on Luke..and perhaps he was "mollycoddled", but it would have been because Owen and Beru were terrified of him following in his father's footsteps. Understandable, don't you think? Luke ended up taking on a huge responsibility once he began learning about the Force and being trained... Even moreso when he learned who his father was. I imagine that would be a huge weight on his shoulders and possibly make him a bit scared of turning out the same way. Of course he could not indulge in fear because as he was taught .. That was a path to the Dark side.

He's already made several crucial changes that weren't book accurate as you mentioned, so what makes you think he'll stay accurate in 3? I have the divisive opinion that the movies aren't really that great, so I'm not really vested either way. I'll wait it out and watch it when it streams just like I did for 2 after being unimpressed with the first one.

I disagree with this being good news for the movies. We watched Return of the Sith again on the big screen because we crave that kind of storytelling on the big screen again and many of us just LOVE that movie. Aside from Rogue One and Solo (even though it didn't do great in the box office) Disney has failed to deliver that(at least in my eyes). I'm not hopeful for the new movies except for Mandalorian. Could care less about the others.

He would have to stay out of 4 for the most part of it were to remain faithful to the books. The movies, IMO, are not the faithful representation so many are hailing them as so I have little faith any more will be.

I for one have been enjoying watching Gatwa, but I've always been a fan so I'm a bit biased there. As far as critical scores go.... Does anyone besides the other critics actually care about them? I care what other watchers think, not someone's professional opinion.