xhonzi said:

I think that the story of a good man, who becomes a terrible villain, and then is redeemed through a love for his son, is a great story to tell.

In the OT, we had the last half of it.

In a timeline with a good PT, we could have had the first half of it. With the PT that exists in this timeline, it's worse than not having it. I think the PT was a flawed execution much more than a flawed premise.

Well Lucas wrote PT Anakin as possibly the most unlikeable main character in film history. That is pretty much where PT failed. Everything else that people usually complain about are minor issues to me.