Yea, this movie showed me how it must feel to be a prequel hater.
I was one of those people. The prequels weren't "true" Star Wars films, and "I was there from the beginning, man, so I'm an 'investor' in the franchise", and "why aren't you giving me what I want", etc.
But I learned to embrace (most) of what the prequels have to offer. Did I simply become resigned to them? Maybe somewhat. Now that I think of it, I don't have any collectibles from those movies, save for a couple of model rockets (that I still haven't launched). But even at the time, no matter how pissed I was, I considered it canon; I just wasn't thrilled with the product.
TLJ is not canon to me, save for Ben's TIE, which looks good and makes some sense engineering-wise in terms of in-universe continuity. CONTINUITY. And porgs are cute. But I've totally written it off merely as a dream of Finn's whilst under the knife. Shadows and dust.
I remember hearing as it pertains to relationships, that no matter how much you despise someone, by feeling that contempt it means you're still emotionally invested. TLJ makes me feel nothing, and that's what hurts. I have an intense, manic personality, and after a few weeks of going nuts over this thing, I now literally feel empty. I don't see any way, years down the road, I can come to terms with TLJ at even the lowest levels of tolerance.
BRING ON "SOLO"!