To be fair most people didn't realize how poorly the movie fit into the saga until after they sat on what they had observed. I'd say it took a month before it had fully dawned on the majority of the fanbase that what they had seen wasn't a risky departure, but just bad.
As for the initial reviews that said "best since Empire" etc, when you're caught up in the spectacle of sitting with the entire cast and crew including your childhood icons in a theater to watch their movie, with that had admittedly pretty solid production, you probably get a little carried away.
The same thing will probably happen here I would guess, but hopefully there are some nuggets of hope in there that it's at least a much more solid entry.
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