How can we let the past die when the conflict of the Sequel Trilogy is just the Rebels vs the Empire again?

Let me start out by just flat-out saying, the First Order, is the Empire point-blank, they are identical, they have stormtroopers, star destroyers, imperial shuttles, death stars, and are both ruled by darksiders. Aight, good.Now, in TLJ, the Resistance goes from just looking and acting exactly like the Rebels to directly calling themselves the Rebels, so that's that.Yet, people (Disney) keep telling me I need to let the past die, forget the Original Trilogy, and accept the Sequels. But, how can I do this when the current conflict is basically identical to the original conflict (but on a smaller feeling scale)?I'm sorry, I just really can't get over the fact that the Sequels feel like a complete rehash and almost nothing else. The accomplishments of the original characters have been completely destroyed, rendering both the OT and PT completely moot. And, honestly, for all the hate the prequels are shown, at least the Clone War was nothing like the Galactic Civil War.Just, ugh.Rant over via /r/StarWars https://ift.tt/2MidfMB