I had a friend who made fun of me for being into the OG trilogy, years later after we lost touch, he became woke and suddenly acted like the biggest Star Wars fan ever when the sequel trilogy came out.

Its not about the movies, they just like winning the culture war. I remember when Last Jedi came out, and a bunch of SJWs were saying stuff like "the old movies sucked too! Luke Skywalker was also a Mary Sue!" which to me is them admitting that they never really cared, they just enjoy dominating and ruining everything.