It took the prequels quite awhile, people STILL hated them when TFA came out… That was the whole point of trying to make it look and feel as much like the OT as possible.
There are people that still hate the prequels, but they are the clear minority. Even on release the hate wasn’t as strong for the prequels as it has been for the sequels. Some of it may be the toxic behavior of Disney outside the movies themselves, but that’s a self inflicted wound.
It took the prequels quite awhile, people STILL hated them when TFA came out… That was the whole point of trying to make it look and feel as much like the OT as possible.
There are people that still hate the prequels, but they are the clear minority. Even on release the hate wasn’t as strong for the prequels as it has been for the sequels. Some of it may be the toxic behavior of Disney outside the movies themselves, but that’s a self inflicted wound.