. . . there are two kinds of Star Wars fans:1
- Fans who see Star Wars first as a mythic universe of good and evil, heroes and villains. Fairy tales in space.
- Fans who see Star Wars first as a believable, lived in space.
The first sort of fan reacts badly to shows like Andor that depict a grittier, more everyday Star Wars as well as media that shows the Jedi as flawed, like the prequels and The Acolyte.2
For what it's worth, I'm personally in the later category, but don't think either perspective is necessarily wrong. I think a major strength of the franchise is the synthesis of the mundane and the mythic.
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There ware way more than two kinds of Star Wars Fans.
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I don't think The Acolyte is good, but not because of anything to do with how it depicts Jedi. I'm also not sure I'd say I don't like it; just that I don't think it's particularly competently executed.