SilverWook said:

With all the crap that swirls around a position literally no other filmmaker has ever taken, it's easy to get worn out and feel down. Was that one big happy fandom I glimpsed back in 1987 at the 10th anniversary con ever real at all?

I was there, it totally was!

But if you think of the original version stupidness as a separate company policy thing, there's nothing to be down about to me. Star Wars came to a natural end in '83, so anything I've enjoyed since then is just gravy.