Sometimes I just laugh at the thought that we now live in a world where Star Wars fans are hungry for more George Lucas-made Star Wars movies. I’m not saying I wouldn’t want that, but after all the hate Lucas got after the prequels, there was a very vocal group of fans who thought Lucas had betrayed his own vision and felt he didn’t deserve to make them anymore, because he apparently didn’t understand who his fanbase was and what they wanted. Now, fans clamor for Lucas as if that era of vitriol in the fandom never happened. I personally think it is misguided to simply “give the fans what they want”, because I think fan consensus is a very fickle thing, as history has clearly shown.
And people could argue about this until their faces turn red, but no one’s opinion is going to change now. It’s just gonna take years to pass to really know how history is going to look back at all these movies.