That was not a reference to Star Wars.

I like the original trilogy more, yet find it okay what he came up with in the new one.

THX certification, Skywalker Sound, Industrial Light & Magic and probably more - there was a bit entrepreneurship involved here which led him to sell the Star Wars franchise, rights, whatever the fuck to Disney for two billion dollars or so.
They'll most likely do terrible things with it, yet make it spacy and boomy enough to warrant a rental once the trilogy they surely have planned out is completed and available on disc or neural interface.