Prequel trilogy, easily. I liked Force Awakens enough, especially when it first came out, and if Abrams made the entire ST as a continuation then I would probably like it better. I despise Attack of the Clones and The Last Jedi, and Rise of Skywalker is bad but extremely fun to watch.
Phantom Menace is bizarre and sags in places, but has some excellent setpieces like the podrace and the lightsaber duel. Insanely good sound design. Jar Jar and kid Anakin are irritating, Padme is a non-character, but Obi Wan and Qui Gon are very likeable and I appreciate all their scenes.
I also really liked Otoh Gunga the underwater City being like the old Flash Gordon comic. And I liked Mos Espa.
I like the design of the City of Theed looking like Athens. Or Naboo is vaguely Tibetan and roman. You get the sense from the deleted scenes that Padme’s people are a cultured and learned people. But we don’t learn anything about them. We don’t know why Sidious hates the Naboo. Or why there is space taxes and tariffs.
I like the design of the Naboo N1-Starfighter. And I really do like The scene where the door opens and music of Duel of the Fates begins. And Maul makes his appearance. As to the sound design the AC3 laserdisc is the best the film has ever sounded. It does indeed lag. My opinion is the theatrical edit without any of the extended scenes is the best version. Is it perfect no, but Ben Burtt edit is better than Lucas later DVD version, which was followed by the blu-ray version with cgi Yoda. Which is the same version on the 4K UHD.
The scenes with Anakin learning about Padme and meeting her family should have stayed in but they slow down the pace of Attack of the Clones. The scenes where Padme begins the rebellion in Revenge of the Sith should have been reworked or reshot to be better and stayed in the movie. I wanted a bigger Wookie ground battle in Revenge of the Sith. More for Chewie to do if he had to be in the prequels at all. Though maybe not having a Han Solo Tarzan like character in him being orphaned and raised with Chewie is probably the best. Good for Lucas cutting that.
On one hand the idea of Palpatine being revealed to be Anakin’s father I like that idea, and on the other hand it is better to be implied like Lucas did. I think the Opera scenes works even if the mention of midichlorians I find repulsive.
On one hand I love the visual of Vader being born on a table and Padme dying at the same time, except for the fact she was supposed to live until Leia was very young. It creates a problem with ROTJ.
The way Anakin is imprisoned in that suit is very poetic. On one hand the suit keeps him alive and on the other hand it deprives him of his humanity. He is Frankenstein’s monster. He chose to go to the dark side and he is living in hell and torment. He was willing to do all of that if Padme had lived, his choices cost her the one life she had.
All he has left is his rage and hatred. Of Obi-Wan, The Jedi and even the Emperor who holds his leash. In the end Lukes gives him purpose again and for one moment he becomes a Jedi. Lukes’s compassion and mercy should have ended in his death. Throwing away his weapon at the moment. on the second death star. And it instead turns the tide. Luke reaches Anakin within a dying Darth Vader. Who takes the Emperor and throws him into the depths.