Thatr’s not curmudgeonly. That’s doing EXACTLY what you’re accusing them of doing. Adding politics in for no good reason other than you want to be pissy.
Lucas did that beginning in 1977. Set it in stone in 1983. The political BS was resurrected again in 1999, 2002, and 2005. Then they went off the deep end with The Force Awakens, and The Last Jedi, and I'm the one injecting politics?
Am I assuming "Resistance" is going to get political? Damn straight. Do I have a good reason to believe it will? You betcha. It's based on their track record, and my knee-jerk is not unwarranted.