At first, I didn't dislike the prequels as much as many people did, finding them average films with some good moments: I think the excitement of seeing Star Wars in the theaters after so many years painted over many cracks. Nonetheless, I found TPM plot really confusing in the cinema, but I just supposed I had missed something lol.

I hated the excessive use of CGI and lightsabers from the start, and said at the time that I wished that the prequels had used models and tried to recreate the look of the OT. If the style had been deliberately retro I would have been overjoyed.

I am ashamed to say it took repeat vewings for me to realize how bad the prequels were, and I didn't notice some plotholes till I saw RLM's reviews, which have really been the nail in the coffin for me. Until then, I was still hoping for fanedits to solve certain problems, but now I must join the ranks of those who reject the PT, and will have to leave what happened before the OT to my imagination, which might ultimately be for the best.