Had Rogue One and Solo swapped release dates, popular opinion would be inverted as well.

Rogue One is incredibly overrated – it’s not a bad movie by any means, but it gets too much credit for fan service elements and a). rode the wave of euphoria generated by TFA from 2015-2017, and b) had a primetime Christmas release with no rival blockbusters.

Solo is incredibly underrated – it’s not amazing by any means, but it gets too much hate for fan service elements and was severely harmed by a). the terrible marketing, b). the terrible release date right after Infinity War, and c). the lack of overall enthusiasm towards Star Wars at the time.

In practice, both are around equal. Decent adventures that rely too heavily on fan-service and OT tie-ins, but due to differing release dates one’s gotten overwhelming praise and the other forgotten about entirely.