I think people who don’t like the prequels find in Menace at least some sense of adventure and entertainment, while the other two are just cringe worthy. Whereas, people who like the prequels like what we hate about II and III, and find I boring because it doesn’t have as many shitty CGI animals and explosions.
Edit: they also like this like Yoda and the Emperor using lightsabers. For us, at least I doesn’t detract severely from any OT character.