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Again, that's because of Gen X flooding the media with an anti-Prequel sentiment. The intendend audience, Millennials, didn't have a say because things like Red Letter Media and movies like "The People vs George Lucas" were the dominant voices of the fandom.
People didn't really start changing their tune on early 2000 media til around the 2010's, after the nostalgia craze started. Everything was basically a prequel, remake, or a "reimagining".
Even Spider-Man 3, a movie that wasn't liked at the time, started getting loved due to internet culture.
It has less to do with Disney, and more to do with people looking back fondly on the things they grew up on. Especially when everything these days is another variation of an uncreative, soulless remake.