From my understanding he was giving the go to write out all the past. That itself was the companies statement "Let's the past die".........that was for all of the viewers to know that star wars past is gone. Anyone can be a jedi with the force........all the historical facts of jedi aren't important.
Let the past die......just that.....was simply told to us.
I think just like the past 2 triologies they fail to develop characters besides the main one or two. But there is only so much you can do with a casting like GoT. Somethings will fall by the wayside.
again, I can tell you and others hated it....blame yourself for having high expectations of what you wanted to see. They never promised us anything. You and others have came up with theories or questions. Don't blame a movie for not making you happy. It's not a fairytale........you are not always going to know where they are going with it.
I'm happy with it but again, I'm a darkside fan.