Mithrandir said:

The Prequels sucked, not because we knew the story already, but because they were shittily told, in every single way, from script to visuals.
Now there's a virtually unlimited number of movies, and it should be time to realise there's a lot more to tell in any story than deus-ex-machina-kind of stuff. I mean this diegetically, and non diegetically, a film is perfectly enjoyable even if you know everything that will happen.

I agree. It's not just the story, it's how it's written, acted, directed, and presented. Lucas served up shit for decades. Shouldn't we at the very least give Abrams a chance to show us what he's done?

FFS.. There are people here who are going to draw the line at a Death Star or Solo offspring, but they repeatedly watched and purchased all the prequels and SEs?! That's a damn head-scratcher for sure.