Yep. With Rebels, Rogue One, and the newer books and comics, Disney has done a pretty good job of developing (or re-imagining) some great characters and plots that go beyond Skywalker. Thrawn has become a big part many of the newer stories involving the Rebels crew as well as Anakin (and Vader). Hera Syndulla has been popping up more in the 'Original Trilogy' timeline and there's rumors that her son Jacen could become a bigger character. I still maintain that the original comic creation Dr. Aphra is perfect to get her own movie or TV series ...
So yeah a lot of great stuff is out there, but it all appears to be stuff around the OT timeline. My issue is that Disney doesn't appear to be expanding enough around the New Trilogy and what comes after the Skywalkers. There's some stuff on Phasma and a few other stories but nothing that compares to what they're developing from the OT era. I'm sure this is by choice as they want to finish things up with the current trilogy and not give anything away with side-stories quite yet. But it just seems like the current trilogy stuff is sort of 'blah', and that's where they need to get people interested.
Sort of an off topic rant, but it feels like they're going after the diehard old-school fans and nostalgia, but they're never going to win over new fans that way.
