Oh that's interesting because I think that 8 is an awfully written and painfully conceived film that spent most of the time backtracking 7!
I actually genuinely can't see any redeeming qualities of 8 aside from maybe the acting so I can't understand people liking it at all, whereas with 7 and 9 while they're far from my favorite (I'd rank the entire sequel trilogy as bottom tier Star Wars personally. I did love Rogue One so I will give the new LucasFilm that. ) I can at least see why people enjoy them. I will agree with you that I don't see anyone claiming 9 as their favorite. I had a longer critical to 8 comment typed up which I accidentally deleted so I'm gonna take that as a sign I've gotten too far off track and call it a night!