I often poder that question myself. Yes, sometimes I think "Why did he not make them first?" but after all, I don't hate the way things are. It would be easier if A New Hope was Episode I. We didn't really need to see how that shit went down. We bounced like a dog staring at a beggin strip in his owners hand. The whole problem with Star Wars is, we get things explained to us. Blader Runner was the weirdest movie when I first saw it. There were many questions I asked myself. I watched it a few times then understood it in the end. Star Wars would have been so much better if things weren't explained. It isn't like it is a movie you have to pay attention to. You know what is going on in A New Hope. Then you get to the prequels and you are spoonfed every single little detail. It takes the fantasy out of it when someone has to explain it. I would rather remain ignorant to those little details then have them shoved in my face like "this is who/what/where it is" So the films were all quite good. Just episodes I-III had the 'Fantasy' aspect removed. Yes they were epic but you knew everything. We are not all that dumb, though don't get me wrong I had a girlfriend that was. It is just a matter of paying attention or not. And if you are at the theater you are forced to pay attention. My eyes are wide open George Lucas. I need not know who he/her is or what this/that is. Those little things distract from the main characters. All we need to know is
1. Who the Hero/Leading Characters are
2. Who the bad guys are.
3. Why they are fighting
Presto that is it. It goes back to the days of the stage. When all we had was human beings and a few props. We don't need anything else to be entertained. Not saying avoid the special effects. Just focus on characters who are important. Other characters can just stay in the background. Instead every character in the prequels seem to have a significant story that is explained in the film. Boba Fett would have been way cooler if he was just that guy who popped up in Empire Strikes Back who said 4 lines. Instead we are given a young child who looses his daddy and is sad. It is so much better to just wonder who that guy is than actually know. So the prequels werent bad stories. They werent executed as written.