^I still do my fair share of bashing, but I certainly don't hate them by any means.

Unfortunatly, I don't think there is a such thing as a normal Star Wars fan anymore. The fan community has become so subdivided since 1997 that it's hard to really say who the normal fans are anymore.

When you get on the internet it seems like everybody is either one extreme or the other, either they curse Lucas every chance they get or completely ride his dick and everyone else, who reside somewhere in the middle, kinda get lost in the fold because they aren't as loud.