We are now as far away from the original Star Wars as the country was (timewise) from the Flash Gordon and Buck Rogers serials that inspired the original 1977 film.
I don’t think the studios are trying to get people over 50 in the seats. But they won’t even have a perennial cash cow or decades long franchise if they keep bowing to contemporary generational cultural trends.
If Disney wants it to be successful like the Marvel Comics movies, put rap, metal, and disco songs on the soundtrack, ironically, but it won’t age well.
The original Star Wars soundtracks were timeless.
Rap, disco, and other assorted crap would turn the franchise into another forgettable mediocrity.
And 50 year olds do go to movies. Problem is, we think a bit. I haven’t seen a Star Wars show since Rogue One, and, barring some sort of amazing transformation, am unlikely to see another.