I consider myself a normal person except for the Star Wars bug. Only prequel I ever stood in line at midnight for is “Revenge of the Sith” and I’m glad I did…it was a satisfying film on first viewing, in context. Later on, the plot holes become bigger and bigger…
But in my experience, “normal people” take the prequels as gospel. That is the difference. To the true fans, this is bothersome. We grew up loving, treasuring, memorizing the originals. We didn’t just watch once or a couple times like any other movies.
A true SW fan finds the prequels at least partially offensive.