It came out in September 2022 just a few months after the last of three back to back disastrous (for most fans) live action releases had came out - The Rise of Skywalker (2019), The Book of Boba Fett (2021) & Obi-Wan Kenobi (May 2022) - so it's no wonder fans initially shied away from this and, as always, it was only the great word of mouth across fans on the web/youtube etc that made people realise just how good it was, rather than any PR Disney put out there.
Theres absolutely no irony that this shows main support came from those "Toxic fans that hate SW so much" when those same people gave this show a huge amount of praise and brought it back from the brink of obscurity with their passionate defence of it.