i agree
i think there is a contingent of SW fans who are slightly ashamed of it. they think it's dumb to like "kiddie movies". they hate the prequels because they "look like cartoons". these are people who want to be adults consuming adult movies but they still want their SW because they have their own unexamined arrested development. so they demand SW be serious. this is why Mando is such a hit right now, it looks serious, it has that prestige tv look.
the problem is, that goes against what SW was. it was pulp. it was silly. you don't like screen wipes? sorry, that is one of the formal foundations of the genre. you don't like text crawls? or cheesy one liners? black and white heroes? again, all these things are fundamental to pulp fantasy. main thing i disliked about TLJ was it had this elitism about it, like it thought it was better than those things. OG SW was always earnest and awkward by comparison.
kind of baffled that they don't have more kid centric stuff with this franchise, reboot Droids, or Ewoks, do things like that. it feels like they are ignoring that market and targeting nostalgia 30 something. perhaps this is why there are so many TLJ style "Film must be art!" stans, the Alamo Drafthousing of culture. "don't worry, adults, you can still watch your childhood favorite franchise, and now it's for grown ups!" is a bit pandering IMO would rather them just dive into the silliness. (one reason i sort of enjoy ROS tbh)