Stories are not necessarily told chronologically. Oftentimes, as with Star Wars and ... oh, Lord of the Rings is another good example ... the main story happens at a certain point in time, and the back story that is told later, but "happens" before, illuminates the main story ... having a completely different - and purposefully different effect than had the events simply been told in the order that they (fictitiously) happened.
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I, too, appreciate the yins and yangs of the prequel story points as they relate to the O.T. story points. But it doesn't change the fact that I find the prequels to be terrible films. Interesting story comparisons are simply not enough to make them good entertainment, imo. And were it not for their relation, storywise, to the Star Wars triliogy, they would hold no interest whatsoever.
I laugh to think of anyone watching these films for the first time in Chron Order. Hahaha, who would make it past the second one? How many hours of film can you watch before saying, "Hey, when's the good stuff? Why is this Star Wars crap so famous anyway?"
I know that not only would I not fall in love with the first trilogy ... if I managed to sit through it at all, you'd have to Clockwork Orange me to make me sit thru another three films!
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