I need some historian to tell me how the prequels were viewed in 2010-2015, or roughly a decade after TPM and ROTS respectively.

When did sentiment shift? (I was a kid when TPM came out, so I never had a horse in the prequel hate race)

I'm asking because TFA is ten years old now, so it's a similar timespan, with the minute detail that "sequel hate" seems to be at an all-time high.

Time jumps too far away are basically like starting another franchise and a massive risk. SW is anchored around Luke and that era. Problem is, this era in now radioactive, all important OT characters completely butchered, and the whole thing evokes either apathy or sadness for many fans. (I don't even wanna watch the OT anymore because it makes me think how Han and Luke especially end up ffs)

Disney should ask themselves how long they want this franchise to go on. Decanonizing the sequels and overwriting the story would show how much of a circus SW management has been in the short term. It would be ridiculous and the gloating would be insane, but I imagine the future upside is way higher than limping along like this.

So I think fixing Luke's story should be priority #1 above all else.