I believe there's tons of people into Star Wars that don't understand it. Their poor parents were too imbicilic to show them the movies when they were kids. I've met people my age who never saw them. It's too late for them now, maybe. Unless they have special powers they won't 'get it'. Very few people now can see Star Wars as what it once was. So, all these kids parents took them to see the PT, and they never really saw what Star Wars could be.
I know this is all my opinion, but I've come into contact with all walks of Star Wars fans, many of them prequelers, and they just have a totally different take on the saga. Makes me sick to my stomach.