BTW, I also see it as the story of Anakin (in addition to it being the story of Luke, Leia, Han, Ben, Yoda, etc) and I think that the OT did a perfectly good job of putting across the point that Anakin was a good man who fell to evil, and was a human, twisted by the dark side. I sympathised with Vader, and did indeed see him as somewhat of a victim, not just of Palpatine but also of himself. But IMO the PT did nothing to build on that. If anything, it made me care less for Anakin than I originally did because far from being the kind, brave friend Obi-Wan describes, he is an angsty teen with a bad 'I want' attitude. It would have been far more powerful if he was an obi-wan (as played by Ewan) type character who fell to the dark side, showing that even the greatest, kindest among us can fall to darkness if we are not careful.
The prequeals are very good action sci-fi films and compared to a lot of other stuff, I rate them highly, but the Star Wars 'feel' is lacking. Star Wars is not about spaceships and clones, it is about mythology and magic, but this has been lost, and I really feel sorry for young fans like you who have been robbed of that. The story could work in medieval England, Ancient Japan, or outer space.