LOL... Maybe not.
I was in the middle of writing something but then accidently hit the 'Post reply' button. Didn't have time to type everything over again right then so I just posted the dots.
Anyways...
I was just thinking about what Jinx said, & he's absolutely right. The reasons "voting with your wallets" when it comes to SW, ST, IJ, & ALL the other IPs that have been constantly complained about, is because they're now, for better or worse, what's called EVERGREEN PROPERTIES.
I'll use Batman as an example... In the last 11 years, there have been 10 different actors portraying Batman/Bruce Wayne over 5 live action films & 2 TV shows, several different animated projects, video games, plus several projects that revolve AROUND Batman without him actually IN the show. These aren't even including the ongoing comic series that follow Batman & the extended Bat-Family.
Now look at the merch that you can buy brand new... You can get recently released figures of Pattinson, West, Bale, Keaton, & Affleck, plus innumerable figures based on comic stories & animated shows from over the last 30-40 years.
Why?
Because Batman is EVERGREEN! He's always going to be popular because it's Batman & there's not a generation alive that did not grow up with him in one form or another. Whether it be Miller's The Dark Knight Returns, West's campy portrayal, Conroy's B:TAS, JUSTICE LEAGUE, & JLU, or Nolan's trilogy. In just those examples you have vastly different versions of the character & they're ALL someone's Batman.
I say all that to say this- it's no longer about the 'story' with Batman, & if one project flops, it's still going to get attention because it's Batman, & there's always going to be something else with Batman just around the corner. Grandparents, aunts, uncles, & folks like that will always have some Batman merch on the shelf to pick up in a last minute gift run for a kid they barely know.
We are coming up to a time when SW has been a part of the zeitgeist for everyone younger than 60, & there's only a faithful few that see SW as the OT ONLY, & once they die out, or at least get too old to use tech, you're going to see less division. All the chatter, as Jinx said, is keeping the product EVERGREEN, & they'll keep putting stuff out because it's going to appeal to SOMEONE & will be 'their' favorite SW.
This brings me to my last point. As a man who knows there's many more days in the rearview than in the windshield, it kills me to hear all the people that value their money more than their time. All the bragging of how Disney/Lucasfilm/KK won't get a penny of their money, but they get HOURS of their time. Yup... You're pouring something much more valuable than your bank account into "woke/garbage/sewage/nonsense",& just like there's no such thing as bad publicity, there's no such thing as bad online dialog. If we're talking about it, no one cares about the content of what we say.
Treat yourself better.