Just because they made the EU no longer canon doesn’t mean they “threw it out”. There was way too much stuff built up over the last 40 years, they had to start fresh.
That being said, just because it’s no longer canon doesn’t mean they couldn’t use ideas or adapt from there.
It is surprising that after 40 years they still struggled to come up with a cohesive trilogy. Even with the fact that the principle 3 stars could no longer carry a movie.
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