[quote=@IceHeart]
I liked Star Wars as a kid and even know I like it but not to the same extent as back then.  The Star Wars movies were fun and all but it was the various games I played based on the franchise that really got me into the series.  I am not ashamed to say that I liked the prequels though I will easily admit there was a lot done wrong in them, especially the Phantom Menace.  That said, what the Prequels managed to do was show how the Empire came to power and what the Republic was like before the Empire which was great at establishing lore.  Just knowing what the Jedi Council was like and how many there were during that time period was exciting and interesting.  Quite a few fun games were made based on the prequels that I had a lot of fun with and I did enjoy the Clone Wars series, even if it was a bit wonky.

Despite all the flaws, the Prequels opened up so much of interest to the fans about the Star Wars Universe, and prequel series like Knights of the Old Republic were fun and amazing, with quite a bit of influence from both the prequels and original sagas.  Fans' imaginations soared and tons of role plays and games made the community feel alive.  Also there are plenty of games like Jedi Knight that were placed after the original series and based on the Expanded Universe that were quite interesting, unique, and fun.

Then came along Disney with the Sequels and the first thing they do is declare the entire Expanded Universe as non-cannon.  Ok, so technically that makes sense as you wouldn't want to be bound the Expanded Universe when trying to make a sequel which is fine, but just the fact that they had to go out of their way to point that out was a bit concerning.  It was a red flag for me, though a small one.  Still there was a lot of good characters and story lines in the expanded universe, though admittedly I knew mostly just the game stuff but there were definitely a lot of good story lines and characters to mess around with.  Also there were a lot of interesting politics that I gleaned from the few books I read about the New Republic and the challenges it faced, the sequels basically just blew it up, literally.
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This is the main reason I like the prequels and dislike the sequels, (among others). Say what you will of the movies or how well they were made, but the prequels opened up so many different concepts and eras of the Star Wars universe. The Sequels not only basically dumped all of it, but from what little inspiration was gleamed, it had subpar extensions on its narrative. 

Except for the Mandalorian. Great series. But that's because of Jon Favrue's vision and not a Disney executive one.