Chiming in agreement that the Star Wars mainline comic is .... excuse my hyperbole, but it is some hot steaming trash. A lot of things about it really bug me, from the artwork itself, to feeling like it's cramming in way too much stuff in the gap between ANH and ESB, to what seems like a lot of out of place character development and interactions.... when people say they want more stories with the OT main 3, I just think of this series and ask WHY??. Not all of it is bad, a lot of it is good, I definitely enjoyed a number of the arcs but overall it has left me with a bad taste. I've found a lot more enjoyment out of the Vader lines, and even the Poe line, though there too is some questionable stuff in that one. I go in large swaths, on the comics, I can't do this weekly drip, I'll read an arc in one go and just clear through a volume one by one.
The newer Age of the Republic one shots with Qui-Gon, Maul, Jango, Obi-Wan, Anakin are quite enjoyable though.
I can't do every book anymore either, but Claudia Grey is must read. Looking forward to the Qui-Gon/Obi-Wan book., and hoping I can do the Queen's Shadow book about Amidala.