Couldn't disagree more. For me this was about showing that they could do star wars right again. This film says that star wars is in safe hands going forward and isn't going to be ruined like it was in the prequels. With this fact established, I now expect the next film to give us something different (and with the director we have I think that is what will happen.)
I'm confident they won't now do a remake of empire but if they do I will be marking it down accordingly. This film was about setting up a new legacy with a new generation of characters and it succeeded for me in that respect. I'd be more inclined to give it an 8 or 9 with the caveat that I will mark it down if they do decide to remake empire next.