The movies were sterile and i actually hated the characters.
The biggest problem for me with II and III is that they could have written an Anakin who we were sympathetic to and even genuinely liked before his fall.
A good person seduced to evil.
The prequels show he was never good except for maybe in episode I.
But as an adult is never shown making good decisions or being all that heroic.
How is he this legendary hero and Jedi that made Luke want to be a Jedi?