They honestly weren't. Being more like the slop we've had in the past would not have made the slop better, see the painfully dull Force Awakens, and The Last Jedi wasn't even particularly subversive. It's not even the Disney Wars movie that most subverted expectations, Rogue One easily has it beat.
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They honestly weren't. Being more like the slop we've had in the past would not have made the slop better, see the painfully dull Force Awakens, and The Last Jedi wasn't even particularly subversive. It's not even the Disney Wars movie that most subverted expectations, Rogue One easily has it beat.