At least they actually have fun watching these movies, and their conversations are generally positive.
This. When your relationship with Star Wars consists largely of railing against Star Wars, you’re doing Star Wars wrong.
I disagree.
Take for example the case of the heavy criticism against the prequels and the OT Special Editions, I’d argue it’s not the fans doing Star Wars wrong, it’s the producers literally doing Star Wars wrong.
^ This. Most people wishing George would take the reigns again stem from a place of “anything George might do would even if not great, would have to be better than this”.
While I think George would have put together a much more cohesive story that at its core still felt like Star Wars and would work well over an entire trilogy and tie in properly and respectfully to the existing saga (almost reasons enough anyway to want him back), I think at least initially it was exciting to see it sold to Disney and have the prospect of seeing new movies that shouldn’t have any of the issues that did come with George’s PT.
Unfortunately for those of us that don’t like TLJ or the ST altogether, that hasn’t worked out so well in the end and at this point I can’t wait for Ep9 to come out just so I can not watch it and start forgetting about the ST for good.
Val