Oh I’m definitely a ‘fan’ of the OT, or at least ANH, ESB, and some of ROTJ. However, I think it’s disingenuous to say that therefore anyone who only likes the OT is a ‘Star Wars fan’, since the Star Wars universe is vast and ever expanding and much of it is of dubious quality.

For comparison, I consider myself to be a fan of the Tolkien mythology, in book and film form. This is despite the decidedly poor-to-mediocre Hobbit Trilogy (which I’d like to fanedit) since the majority of the mythology is excellent.

My point is that if you’re not a fan of the majority of something, it sends the wrong message to say that you are a fan of that thing. Star Wars is like anime in this regard. I really like some of it but most is not to my liking, so it makes sense to say that I’m not an anime fan.

Now if the Star Wars universe were to be expanded for a hundred more years, with most of the added material of brilliant, high quality content, I would happily call myself a fan of Star Wars.