We all seem to be in agreement that the prequels blew and Lucas really flubbed a good opportunity. Whether or not Lucas even tried seems to be up for debate with no one really right or wrong actually. So how about this...
...anyone think that Lucas should have just redone the whole damn thing? Went right back and made 1-3 and then totally redid 4-6 with new actors, new storylines, etc? Sort of like a re-imagining a la Battlestar Galactica?
He could have remastered the originals and put them out there as a separate entity, but then went back and did it all his way from the beginning. He could have taken a que from Phil Jackson and did one trilogy back to back, waited a few years and did the other...this time in order and changed so they flowed better. I would have accepted that. We'd have classic SW and neo SW then....you could take either one you liked.