I am going to stop you right there. There is no such thing as "real fans". Reading novels or making costumes does not make you a bigger fan than others.
Gatekeeping is toxic – in any fandom.
The children who was introduced to Star Wars through the 2018 Disney Channel show Star Wars: Resistance or the 2017 YouTube animated shorts Star Wars: Forces of Destiny are just as big Star Wars fans as the people who stood in line at the cinema in 1977!