I don't have the ear (or necessarily the interest) to scrutinize the scores as much as bilditup1, but looking at things in their totality, I can't imagine many people seriously thinking the PT scores were bad. I mean, how many movies nowadays have truly powerful, memorable core melodies? Not very many at all. The atonal/atmospheric/throbbing beats, exemplified by Transformers and The Dark Knight, are what modern scores strive for. Those that might try for memorable melodies usually fail.

The PT had, in my opinion, at least four great melodies. That alone makes it a solid collection.

A little off-topic....what about non-movie SW scores? I like the Shadows of the Empire score a good deal. It sure feels very Star Wars-y to me. I'm sure that there've been scores for video games and such that were popular. Any thoughts on those?