OK, so I kind of hate this, but I know a lot of Star Wars fans really wanted to know what happened to Luke, Han, and Leia (and I guess Lando Calrissian) following the events of the original trilogy, and the sequels gave fans that story.
But this is a continuation of the story that a lot of the fans wanted to see, and the sequels gave us that story, while the prequels didn’t.
Now, most fans weren’t happy with what they got with Luke and Leia (especially with Carrie Fisher’s untimely demise).