Lol! I was thinking the exact same thing .
Ep VIII was a colossal mess. I don't *hate* it per say, but you can't go burning every single thing down in the middle chapter of a trilogy. They have, at *most*, 2.5 hours to wrap up so many subplots (+ explain how the rebels came back after Ep VIII). That's not enough time!
While I hate being a Captain Hindsight, Ep VII needed to be a mix of the existing Eps VII and VIII. Moreover, they didn't need to introduce more characters just for the sake of having them (the whole side plot with Finn, Rose, and that Codebreaker was a complete waste of time; Admiral Ackbar should have been what Holdo was ... there was NO need for that Holdo character ... none; Rey needed more development so that they whole Mary Sue label could start to be removed).
The only way they can save face at this point is announce an Episode X that ties the trilogies together and have IX lead up to that story ... Ep VIII made a total mess of things for no real good reason hence the need for a mop up job. I blame the director personally ... that dude is intolerable to begin with.
I'm almost done with Star Wars myself ... damn shame seeing that I loved the OT growing up. While I didn't dislike Solo, that was the first Star Wars sequel/prequel I did NOT see in the theater (I saw all of the others on opening night). I don't think Solo would have done as bad as it did if Ep VIII wasn't such a turd.