It may be a humiliating obit, but can you tell me it's wrong?

Yeah, Vader's 'redemption' is primarily about validating Luke and his personal philosophy than anything else, which is why it feels so satisfying and momentous. I mean, the man's last words were "tell your sister you we're right." Like, that's a little on the nose Darth.

I have no idea how the ST going forward is going to play anything about the Resistance. I mean, not only is Carrie Fisher dead, but Johnson deliberately burned down all of the set up in TFA, so...