As misguided as TROS is, whatever George had come up with for the trilogy would have been 100% worse.
I doubt that very seriously. I think it would’ve been much better as at the very least he’d be following a broader story that is consistent. He always had an idea of where the story was going as even Steven Spielberg said in the 90’s that part of George’s process for the Prequels was part of his concept for the Sequels.
That’s not really true, Lucas had ideas but it’s pretty obviously inaccurate to say that it was in any way “consistent.”
The Rise of Skywalker has no sense of plot or story but feels more like a game of darts. You can’t say that for the Prequels.
That’s actually exactly how I’d describe the prequels.