> I think the fans’ point is that what Disney is doing to Star Wars today is diminishing the entirety of Star Wars

They may believe that, but it's not true.

I think it is not just diluting the quality to get a worse average. Fiction often involves the audience filling in the gaps: Someone drops a hint that characters have known each other a long time; you can imagine that as you’d like. In the end, you get “and they lived happily ever after,” you decide what “happily ever after” looks like.

Sequels and prequels need to add more drama and action, so happily ever after never ends up being all that happy.

> I think the fans’ point is that what Disney is doing to Star Wars today is diminishing the entirety of Star Wars, the average of past + present

Lucas was at the helm for Return of the Jedi, Star Tours, and the three prequels. I think we can't lay the blame for the Holiday Special on him, but that certainly happened too. There's the Ewok tv movies too, which thankfully I've never seen.

Even if all the Disney Star Wars films are crap, they're just continuing the trend. I prefer to simply believe there are two Star Wars films, and let others believe what they want to believe.

As a man in his 50’s, what I think of those movies doesn’t really matter. They aren’t for me.

Are 12 year olds saying the latest Indiana Jones diminishes the series? If not, then Disney should carry on.

Andor is well worth a watch though