Critics are one thing. People who write on the internet is one thing. The other 99% of humans is the main thing. The audience cheering repeatedly during Jedi is burned into my memory. They cheered at Lando revealing himself. They went insane when Darth dumped the emperor down the shaft. This was a regular weekday audience at a neighborhood theater long after opening day. I've not seen that since. It was a lot for the prequels to live up to, and probably impossible. There is a LOT of good stuff in the new movies, including II. It's not like Jaws 4, where you can just completely write it off.