well, you can either get to know her and then risk criticizing a friend's work, or you can send your opinion to her as an unknown SW fan and not worry whether she takes it personally or not. either way, your message of her articles alienating prequel fans will have gotten through to her. maybe she will heed it, maybe she won't. something tells me that she is open to feedback about her articles. maybe because her LJ posts about her articles often ask for feedback.

the people who get their voices heard are the people who are willing to speak up. if you really want to make a change, you must be willing to speak up and be heard by those who you are trying to change.