Honestly, it makes little difference. Star Wars in the prequel era was just as bad or good as it is now. Lucas destroyed his own creation long before Disney came along with the suppression of the theatrical cuts and retconning the story with the prequels and with Jar Jar’s ridiculous existence and Lucas’ haphazard film making. The prequel movies sucked but the books, comics, and games were good. In the Disney era, the movies/tv shows are hit or miss and most of the books/comics suck. It’s the same: a mega corporation is running star wars and its like playing the lotto when seeking out a product with artistic integrity. I wish it was more like the 1983-1998 era. That was a magical and special era. Star Wars felt like it had a focus more on quality than quantity and Lucasfilm didn’t feel like a mega corporation like Disney, it felt more like an independent company like New Line Cinema. Until the prequels came out, then things got really kiddy (Yes, i’m aware of the ewoks movies and shows from the 80’s but that was nowhere near as mainstream as the kiddy prequels and clone wars cartoon and the massive marketing behind it)

I do think the “culture war” nonsense that current Lucasfilm employees constantly spew makes me prefer the prequel era because it’s just pathetic and has nothing to do with Star Wars and it’s annoying. I want to escape to a galaxy far away, not Portland. But that has more to do with behind the scenes stuff and not the actual products