You underestimate how determined some are to hate anything connected to Disney.
This isn’t true. Disney has some great classic films, just like the OT are classics. But they have gone through successful periods like the 1930s-1950s, when Walt was in his prime, and the Disney Renaissance in the 1990s, and then they have gone through decades where they are ran by less visionary leaders and employ less talented people, and they churn out little more than garbage.
Having seen the Beauty and the Beast remake this weekend, it’s obvious that the problems with the new Star Wars films are not just Star Wars problems–they are Disney problems. In the original movie, the lead actress was voiced by a superb stage singer who may have not appeared in any other film in her life. In the new movie, they cast a big name who simply can’t sing. In fact, most of the characters are not good singers and have no business being in a live action musical. But they are names, and that’s a studio decision.
In the new Disney films, both R1 and TFA, it’s clear the studio’s goal is to simply churn out fanservice nostalgia that lacks creative ambition. They either constrained their filmmakers and forced them to churn out action figure movies, or they hired people who were not that talented or ambitious in the first place, knowing what they would produce.
Either way, these films are not as bad as the prequels, but they are like Return of the Jedi on steroids, minus the good parts.