I actually enjoyed the prequels in spite of Jar Jar’s annoying presence and Anakin’s unlikability. At least the prequels were original even if the execution was wanting in many respects.
Oh, they really are not original. In a thread you started in which you defend how AOTC is a good film , how can you NOT see that its is basically the plot of ESB jumbled around, yet slate TFA for being unoriginal? TPM was basically ANH with parts of ROTJ thrown in too.
Everyone shits on midichlorians but midichlorians are a more scientific aspect of the force. Where the OT presents a purely mystical force.
And this is why the prequels failed. Star Wars was a fantasy film. He developed midichlorians in a very early draft when it was more science fiction, but throw them out when it became more about myth and fantasy. The second he resurrected them as a way to try and explain the force, he threw the fantasy element out of the window.