The casino scene in Star Wars: The Last Jedi is not bad. There. I said it. This may seem like a weird time and place to bring up one of the longest-fought and possibly dumbest arguments on the internet, but with the final installment of the Skywalker saga coming up, it’s at least vaguely a good time to mention it.
So I’ll say it again, the time spent on Canto Bight wasn’t a complete waste of time, and I’ll explain why.
In my mind there’s two, maybe three reasons why Canto Bight mattered in The Last Jedi.