while I'm not a fan of TLJ and I know people try to say it didn't leave much for Rise to go with... but i mean TFA already was a terrible starting grounds that reset the franchise and set up a buncha dumb repeat plots to begin with so I wouldn't point the blame on 8 for that, even if I ultimately enjoyed 7 as a movie more
7 > 8 > 9 but part of that is probably because i care less and less about the trilogy as it goes on