It's because despite the scope being so grand at it's core it's really about family.
Nah, I liked them because the guns went pew pew, it had cool spaceships and monsters and toys. Not because it was a space bound version of Fast & Furious
The Disney Star Wars films were not mentioned because mouse canon is not canon. Anymore than fools gold is real gold.
Canon Schmanon. They still piss all over the prequels
