So...spinoff films. Original rumors said Yoda, now it looks like Han and Boba will each be getting a film.
This kind of thing works for Marvel, since it's all character-driven comic book stuff, but I don't see how it fits with a plot-driven Star Wars universe. Han and Boba's importance is only tied into how they can serve what happens in the films.
That said, I can see a Boba film being enjoyable, but I can't see a Han Solo film being anything but an unmitigated disaster. It would be criminal to recast Solo, but also ridiculous to have Harrison Ford play him again. And what happens after that, Star Wars origins: Han Solo II?
Maybe continuity is just a thing of the past. I feel like oversaturation will hurt the franchise overall as well.
It is exciting to have all this Star Wars news though. At the very worst, I still have the other films and nothing can take my enjoyment of them away, no matter what butthurt fanboys say.