Given how much more extreme force powers are shown to be in the sequels I am almost surprised they didn't have Luke take on all those AT-ATs in Ep 8 himself.
As for the topic, I think Star Trek: Beyond is the best of the new trilogy, not that any of them are particularly good at least Beyond actually feels the most like Star Trek and I actually do like the newer cast. They aren't better than the OGs of course but I thought overall they did pretty good.