I'd have to say too that, overall, they weren't worth it, because they inspired George to change the originals twice. The first time was a test run to see if CG ships could work in The Phantom Menace, so he redid a lot of the ships in the original movies, especially Star Wars. The second time was last year. He changed things in order to make them fit more with the prequels. Most people, including myself, have already said this before. The idiot should have made the prequels to fit the specifications he laid out for it in the OT, not gone back and covered his tracks (mistakes) by changing his older movies to match his newer ones. But now that the mistakes have been made, he should just accept it and move on with life rather than trying so hard to fit his square peg (PT) into the round hole (OT).
I do enjoy the prequels to an extent, though. More so back then than I do now. I mean, I can get some entertainment value out of them. I enjoyed Attack of the Clones more because it seemed to start relating more back to the story we'd heard before of Clone Wars and Imperial origins. The Phantom Menace just seemed so out there by comparison that you had to wonder why it was there to begin with. Unfortunately, Attack of the Clones also began George's obsession with CG. I mean, there was a lot of it in Phantom Menace, don't get me wrong. But not every shot was filmed on blue screen like in the following two movies. They actually used some real sets. Imagine that. And that did a lot to take me out of it and come to the opinion that Lucas has become a pretty shoddy filmmaker.
So I agree with redbaron.
Too much CG.
Bad continuity that makes him feel he has to go back and change the OT to fix it.
Already under the impression that his prequels have to be changed!
So even though I enjoy them some, it doesn't really balance out, and I think we would have been better off without them.