CO said:
I will say that the one thing that really loses me as a SW fan is having the audience sympathize with Darth Vader, which later continued on as the story of the PT. Sorry, but I just could never do it, as that story never resonated with me, as I rooted and cared about Luke, Leia, and Han, and once Lucas made that left turn shifting the story towards Anakin Skywalker, that is where he lost me as a fan.

The change with Vader really was too soon. Like originally there was going to be 4 more sequels. the last one of that trilogy and then 3 more to help flesh it out. it would have been more gradual. there probably wouldn't have been that dumb Leia is Luke's brother subplot either. someone not even introduced yet. oh if only...