I never asked for the prequels either! I wanted more movies with Luke and the gang.

In any case any movie is skippable these days. I see people on other boards say they’ll wait for the video all the time. With the incredible shrinking theatrical window it’s not that long a wait anymore. If you don’t crave the big screen/group experience, which can be lacking in many theater chains with poor projection/sound issues and not cracking down on numbskulls who can’t put the phone down for five minutes without breaking into a cold sweat, it’s easy.

There also was no spoiler pressure with this, (seeing the movie before someone gave the whole story away) even though I accidentally saw the Maul spoiler elsewhere days before I saw the movie.