I’ve read a bit about this and the press is shying away from something: Disney made their Star Wars land pretty free of actual Star Wars. Wanna see Darth Vader? Too bad, original trilogy characters are intentionally left out. Also, there are very few attractions there, sounds like it’s mostly just shopping with one ride. So some of the excitement of Star Wars fans is certainly tempered by that.
One of the other online magazines also had mentioned about how empty Galaxy’s Edge was. They were thinking that maybe Disney had over marketed it and scared people off. But, according to most actual Star Wars fans, the reason you gave... That there’s hardly any Star Wars in a Star Wars-themed attraction... was the real culprit behind the lack of attendance.
There is even an actual move to boycott anything to do with Star Wars until Disney apologizes to the fans for the debacle that was ‘The Last Jedi’. Many of them are saying that Kathleen Kennedy, a well-known SJW, completely ruined the whole Mythos behind Star Wars with her Mary Sue main character. One of the major pushers behind this boycott, a YouTuber who goes by the name of Diktor Von Doomcock, his said that their motto is “Without Respect, We Reject”.