I think this is a weird, but important topic; absolutely no one has a "right" or "wrong" here. The original Star Wars movie, episode 4 is often compared to the Monomyth of Joseph Campbell, the "Hero's Journey". The episode 4 were a brilliant hole in one, a big success, and episode 5 and 6 probably surfed a bit on the fame of the first, equal to how Matrix film 2-3 did.
It's as if we compare someone trying to make a Hero's Journey, to a "George R. R. Martin" style way of making stories. Both is brilliant. What I'm puzzled over, is no direction behind the movies, especially since Marvel did this, and it seems to work. If you prefer Rian Johnson or J. J. Abrams is no problem, in itself.
Disney obviously started, based on the writer / directors interviews, on making movies with no idea behind story arcs, no idea where they go. Its a bit like series like Gene Roddenberrys Andromeda where loose episodes were bought pell mell off the marked, and storylines were added ad-hoc.