Did it ever occur to you that JJ Abrams was genuinely 100% respectful to the original but he simply lacked the competence to deliver an adequate story? After watching Into Darkness I assumed that would be the case and was quickly confirmed to be true.
Furthermore, as someone who watched the prequel trilogy on their original opening weekends I remember a lot of criticism directed against Lucas for shitting on the originals. In fact they're a lot like the Abrams trilogy. Fancy FX and a good villain story covered up by a lot of superfluous trash. I think people wanted to see Darth Vader's story but after watching it, I just wanted to shout "NNNNNOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!" at the screen.