I think at this point Marvel Studios could release a movie about a superhuman turd in a toilet and it would make $100 million opening weekend. That doesn't change the fact that Mar-Vell's legacy was tossed aside for nothing. Annette Benning's character wasn't even originally supposed to be Mar-Vell, she was supposed to be an A.I. for the Kree, they just tossed in the Mar-Vell thing at the last minute in the script. This is why Kevin Feige is a total dickhead.
They should've just left Mar-Vell out altogether if they were going to do that. Making Benning's character Mar-Vell is totally inconsequential because she didn't display any powers and got shot through the chest really quickly. She has little connection to Carol Danvers and there is little reason for Carol to adopt the name "Marvel" just for that. Carol being Mar-Vell's lover and him mentoring her as he's dying of cancer makes a lot more sense as a storyline, with him passing the torch on to her(along with the Nega Bands) when he dies. That has more of an emotional payoff and poignancy. The only reason they did this dick move was for PC nonsense.