Nah, Mark honestly realized he made a mistake. After Disney (mainly Kennedy & Johnson) sat him down with his & their lawyers, and made him realize he was wrong. They just had to read all the glowing critics reviews and make him watch all the wonderful videos posted around the world how this is now one of the greatest SW movies ever, right alongside ESB. He was somehow blinded and just needed a reminder. Kennedy even had her personal "specialist" repeatedly whisper into his hear until he snapped out of it, an "Awakening" if you will.
He then just needed to watch it over and over to realize how wrong he was.
He's now on board and is determined to make it right. Like so many of the fans that insist you need to see the TLJ 3 or 4x at a minimum till your brain and senses have dulled enough to be on board that "it's actually a great film"... Multiple viewings are the key. Your brain is so engulfed with how pretty & beautifully done (as said by Lucas himself) the moving pictures are, that you forget there is a story under all that, and in turn makes your subconscious tell your conscious self that it must not be a good movie. Especially when immediately after your 1st viewing, like Mark and so many others, you can't actually remember if anything meaningful happened or remember if any of the questions you longed to have answered from TFA came to fruition.. So remember everyone, you must give TLJ a 2nd, 3rd and even a 4th viewing. Then all will begin to come into the light...