If Rian Johnson was directing Episode 9 also....

Kind of wish he was doing episode 9...would be far easier to say fuck it and stay home...

I would have Hux in charge of the ultimate superweapon as Kylo and Rey meet to slug it out with a lightsabre battle.
With Rey struggling, Luke appears as an apparition to join in. Kylo is joined by apparition Palpatine. Then Kenobi, Anakin, Maul, Dooku, Windu, Yoda and Grievous all appear for a Jedi lightsabre smackdown. Rey and Kylo simultaneous score hits on each other only to discover they are attacking projections of their opponents while the real Rey and Kylo are levitating on platforms on opposite sides of the galaxy. Realizing how pointless everything is, the entire ensemble raise their hands to the sky and force-push the superweapon and the rest of the entire New Order into the nearest sun. And because it's Disney, finish on a song.

Basically Rian will undo everything he rolled out in Episode 8, which means Snokes is coming back!

Would rather have RJ than JJ "Mystery Box" Abrams. And at least RJ has an eye for the visuals.

DAMN! I did not expect that! this is sooo good. The way you subverted all my expectations! May I suggest a picture deal with Lucasfilm? I am a representative of Ms Kennedy and I would like to get in touch with you.

Rian should do a remake of the Holiday Special.

Please don't give Disney any ideas

My take on a Rian / Kennedy version would be something like this:

At the start of the movie things are in a very low state for the resistance. A new pink haired lesbian woman comes out of nowhere as the new "Admiral" in charge of everything because of some heroics at some off-screen battle. There is another battle where Poe (the male x-wing pilot) doesn't follow orders and things get even worse for them. There is a trial and Poe is gets blamed for everything that's happened. He is banished or executed for his crimes and most of the male pilots replaced by women.

Meanwhile, Kylo Ren and his band of Evil White Men (tm) have once again bounced back and built a new superweapon (maybe a cube shaped death star this time) and 300 star destroyers out of nowhere.

Rey learns this via a force skype call with Kylo Ren. There is a dramatic moment when the pink haired woman tells her not to go, but Rey disobeys and goes to confront Klyo Ren by herself. Kylo Ren wants to convert Rey so he lets her into the Death Cube (tm). They fight a bit, and then Rey decides to unleash her ultimate weapon: feminist sexuality. She starts coming onto Kylo as an "empowered female in control of her sexuality" and seduces him literally. They have sex and when Kylo's guard is down she sticks a lightsaber through him (in a juicy metaphor).

Meanwhile, the pink haired women and an all-female (with a couple token minorities, like Finn thrown in) force of x-wing pilots lead a brave assault against the cube and the 300 star destroyers to save Rey. Only by using feminine "teamwork" and keeping the hot shot males from screwing things up do they succeed in turning the battle.

Rey hits the giant red "self destruct - do NOT press" button on her way out of Kylo's chamber and leaves the cube. The cube blows up and the final shot is of Rey and the Pink Haired woman celebrating and making out a little, with force ghost Yoda and force ghost Luke leering in the background.

THE END.