Oh, some people are of the opinion that Steve is not nice? Well hell, if that's all it takes to write someone off what chance do some of the haters in this thread have?
I've listened to many podcast interviews with him, and video interviews, and he seemed nice enough to me.
He was there for 15 years (thus, long-time) rather he's a CURRENT employee is neither here nor there. It doesn't matter, I could list off every known LGBT+ Lucasfilm or Disney employee, past, present (future too probably) and the reactions would be the same.
I'm always excited for new Star Wars, though the first trailer for IX has me the less excited than the previous four film trailers. The Mandalorian, Galaxy's Edge opening, Clone Wars returning, upcoming comics/books, and the other Disney+ shows in development do have my interest as I think Disney-owned Lucasfilm has already given us good things and it looks like a lot more is coming. Not everything is going to be well-received, but Disney will keep throwing money and talent at it until something sticks, because that's how they've had so much success with so many other things.
And nothing arrogant in what I said. It's called adversity. You thrive or die, figuratively as well as literally. Imagine being in a really bad break-up and afterwards you feel lost and broken. You don't know what to do. You see your former SO doing well and it makes you feel even worse. What do you do in this situation? There is only one correct path: work on yourself. Focus on self improvement is the only way forward towards the next thing, because you can't control those other factors in your life that have brought you misery. Now, what if it were not just a breakup, which is a temporary situation, but your entire framework for existence? Then you may begin to imagine how some groups of people deal with it.