imperialscum said:
PT ruins a lot of things, even if it is watched in correct order (that is after OT).

In my opinion, the whole idea of direct prequels is stupid. When you watch OT your imagination makes a picture of what happened before (for example when Obi-Wan is telling Luke about the past). Then the prequels are going to compete with that imagination and people will be disappointed, naturally. Not to mention PT trying explain stuff from OT and ruining things (midichlorians crap etc.)

Not sure I agree. I suspect fans would have gotten on board with them had they been more competently made in terms of storytelling and structure. I'm not as willing to excuse Lucas about this as I used to be. After a while, one has to start thinking the problems are at least partly his fault.