The Prequels didn't offend me, the Sequels did
I was born in 1972.
I've more or less grown up with Star Wars, but I never was that obsessed with it, unlike most others - after all, I saw ANH on TV at Christmas, then ROTJ in the cinema, and finally ESB on home video... in that order.
I saw the Prequels and was excited, and I really was not disappointed, even thinking of Jar Jar Binks as tolerable. I liked all three of them, and I knew they were different, but they were still Star Wars to me, a different time (both movies and setting) and it was, after all, a backstory. The CGI was even great for the time they were made.
Then, to me, the whole Saga was complete: Episodes 1-6, great tale of Anakin and then Luke Skywalker. Nothing more needed to be done. Even Lucas was satisfied with the way they turned out, and Star Wars was done.
I hated the Prequel hate, and always defended ALL of the movies. I thought fans were ungrateful.
Then Lucas sells his company to Disney, and I have a big, BAAAD feeling about the whole thing. After all, a grand space opera being sold to a kiddie company and having Darth Vader mixing with the likes of Mickey Mouse and Buzz Lightyear was never going to be good. Not to mention they were going to make a trilogy of UNNEEDED movies.
Then TFA came out, and I was right. I was offended by the crappy characters and lame rehash storytelling, not to mention the character assassination of Han AND Luke. I was baffled as to why people said that "Star Wars was back on track" - UM, it was NEVER off-track!
Then TLJ came out, and almost everyone except a few woke retards hated it, which made me think they at last saw sense.
And now we're a few months away from the crowning jewel in the piss pot, the cream of the cesspool, the top of the turd, and the complete deconstruction of the whole SAGA so painstakingly set up by George Lucas himself.
Whoever hasn't walked out when the dust settles: I hope you're happy.