I've come to realize that Filoni is, for better or for worse, quite literally a modern day George Lucas, down to every decision made.
You can tell he was mentored by him for over a decade. I'm glad that he's taken the reigns and future star wars fans will get projects in the same vein as the prequels as opposed to the Sequel Trilogy which felt so aggressively like Hollywood pandering.

Ahsoka, the apprentice of Anakin, is also a far better choice to be the main protagonist for this era of content rather than some nobody Rey. It feels appropriate that her story is told now that Luke has had his character arc