Star Wars: The Last Jedi director Rian Johnson has addressed the backlash towards his film, saying most of the feedback he’s received from fans is very positive.
Like you said, every fan has a list of stuff they want a Star Wars movie to be and they don’t want a Star Wars movie to be.
The Last Jedi is something of an anomaly in tentpole filmmaking, subverting expectations and fan theories to tell its own story.
Lucas never made a Star Wars movie by sitting down and thinking, ‘What do the fans want to see?’