The biggest issue in my mind with the PT is that TPM starts when anikin is nine/ten. The kiddy themes that are introduced to the saga way down the more heavy elements to come. TPM would have been much more affective with Aniken being a normal padawan at 17 facing the trials at the beginning of the first movie. Anakin could already have a accomplished great deeds and have a developing reputation. A 17 yr old anankin far aged far beyound his years, brave, wise, humble. The character could have been set up as a true hero, with all the classical character traits that one would attach to a true hero. Lucas tried too hard to make him a mystical figure, virgin birth and all. We never see Anakin that was anything near heroic or that should true character. Instead we see a annoying little kid, and a moody teen. When anakin falls in ROTS i wont care, no one will. The character that has developed so far is anything but relatable. By shifting the age of anakin, and erasing the nonsense created by TPM GL could have developed a character that people wanted to cheer for, a character people wanted to cry for, and most importantly a character that the audience could have sorrow/pitty for when fate turns anakin into vader. Luke, Han, and Leia all had this going for them in the o-ot. Heck even vader has it going by the end of ROTJ. Who amongst us wasnt stongly effected by the final battle scene where Vader saves his son and defeats the emporer?

gl greatest error was trying to make the movie kid friendly, instead of making it apeal to the kid in all of us...

sorry for all the gramatical and spelling errors in this, i am lazy, and sorry if this has all been covered before.