I actually should of included in my post, but this excuse about the fans not liking them because of loyalty to the Old Trilogy is along the same lines as one of his other excuses (to paraphrase) "that the problem was the fans just wanted Darth Vader to run round with a lightsaber killing everyone. and thats what they wanted in Episode 1 and were dissapointed" to me that he is kind of lost touch, I certainly didnt expect that nor have anyone I have spoken to, prehaps he can feel that he can put out any old effort as Star Wars and it will make billions of dollars and he doesnt reliase the fans can actually tell what is a good film and what isnt, and thinks they would love it just because its Star Wars and was surprised when people didnt.............