The premise that there never was any "good guys" has long been a staple of left propaganda. The thing they hated about Reagan was his unwillingness to see "gray", drawing instead a stark contrast between "good" and "evil."
Rather than being an epic battle between the forces of light and darkness, this movie recalls the immortal words of Homer Simpson.
The issue is that George Lucas sold the franchise as a piece of private property, and the new owners of said private property have new ideas on what to do with it.
The fans are stuck on Lucas' vision of it, but it's not Lucas' property anymore. What's the word for forcing the owner of private property to do something with it against their own desires?
-PJ