I'll argue that the story is different, told numerically. You guys see the emotional power with the Original Trilogy by itself. I agree as well. But, watching them numerically tells a different tale. It's just different. Not better, but different. And it just depends on whether or not you can accept that the Star Wars story can be told in two different ways.
For me, I prefer Anakin's story to Luke's eventhough you need Luke to finish Anakin's story.