I enjoyed it, but afterwards came across some opinions talking about how it basically knocked down the triumph of the original trilogy and rendered the entire s

I enjoyed it, but afterwards came across some opinions talking about how it basically knocked down the triumph of the original trilogy and rendered the entire struggle from episodes I through VI completely futile and pointless. The "Empire" is still going strong (as strong as before, certainly, if they have the physical and economic security to build a super-weapon capable of destroying multiple planets at once), and the Rebellion er... Resistance is right back where it started.