Is it just me or were the SEs hated far more before Lucas sold Star Wars to Disney? When Lucas owned Star Wars, everyone was saying “the evil Lucas is holding back the awesome OOT and shoving the awful SEs down our throats.” When Lucas sold to Disney, people switched to saying, “Disney wants to give us the awesome SEs but a small group of fans is trying to shove the awful OOT down our throats.”
That’s the distraction of The Force Awakens, plus the primary target of fury having thrown down his lightsaber and retired.
Look at the comments next to any SE release.
People still booed Han shooting first and Hayden in ROTJ at an OT marathon (2011 cuts) I attended last Christmas.
The better question is: are we doing enough proactively and politely to let Disney know?