https://www.digitaltrends.com/movies/star-wars-generation-x/
I believe that what this article says about
Star Wars can apply to Trek as well.
We've turned that which was intended to be ephemeral into sacred scripture. How much bandwidth have we spilled saying, "This could never happen in real life!"
How many arguments have we had over the placement and angle of nacelles?
I don't know, but if they started the rough draft with a notion of a love triangle, then remove it and keep the rest vague, apart from a kiss, then in the next movie they do the french kiss, then in the next have Leia reveal she knew Luke was her identical twin brother all that time, it does get a little bothersome... but it's proof the original saga had plot holes and continuity/canonical mistakes, thus defeating the claim that the new trilogy people made the occasional change that didn't line up. As egregious as some of those might be, not all were, and the few that could be can't handle a candle next to kissin' siblings that even Jerry Springer would be embarrassed by.
And back then there was no Memory Alpha detailing in ludicrous detail over it all as well. Most well-established franchises have these online dictionaries and encyclopedias, or even sold on CD decades ago, for easier research. So some basic information isn't as hard as it used to be like back in the days of those large card cabinets at libraries that took hours upon hours if not days or weeks to find out information directly or leading to the book(s) that might yield crucial information. The fact there's anything approaching ANY consistency in shows prior to the 1990s is a miracle in of itself. Seems silly not to make use of the obvious, though parallel universe exploration renders some of the encyclopedic elements moot. You just can't say it's in the same timeline as x and y incarnations as it doesn't begin to hold up or make the franchise look good.
It's neither one side nor the other. It's a balance to be tempered. Modern technology makes this much easier.
If nothing else, if Nicholas Meyer could sit through the entire franchise looking for plot ideas, looking up an enemy's introduction story plus a couple others to get a handle on things - TNG made the mistake of overlooking "The Enterprise Incident", which pretty much said Romulans were not chess players, and turned them into "it's always a game of chess with them". Of course, Spock may be bluffing, but Spock's insult to the Romulan Commander didn't yield anything afterward suggesting being taken aback. (Okay, with headcanon this could be because they were at the brink of war and NOT engaging in the cat-and-mouse game from "Balance of Terror", which hints at the chess idea. Either which way, both TOS episodes in of themselves don't show a consistency and TNG blended in the chess aspects before Picard spouted the exposition, so it was smooth enough.)
Eventually, franchises get so big and, as with any turnip, no corner is left unsqueezed. TNG/DS9/some VOY kept up hard-worked continuity. TNG movies, ENT, VOY, etc, felt like they stopped caring and did the next BIG thing in hopes audiences will remain in awe. Prequels run the risk of answering questions nobody really asked, combined with making a bigger mess of things - even if the actual story presented is otherwise robust, and it's unfair to leave that out of the equation too. which is also a double-edged sword since everyone loved the Borg Queen too...
But there's a positive edge to remakes: Shakespeare's plays are still made and even tweaked. Star Trek has. When's the last time you saw a remake of "Mister Ed", "Captain Nice", or "My Mother the Car"? Don't answer that if anyone actually tried to reboot those. Those nostalgic memories of "those are crap" need to remain intact.
And there's the other itty bitty issue, when does the 1978 Star Wars Holiday Special become canonical?
