Wait, so your list wasn’t an April Fools joke?
No, it was no joke.
I know I am in a minority around here, but to me the PT are pretty good. They could have been much better and some the the issues between the PT and OT could have been worked out if Lucas had spent some more time developing the PT back in the 80’s when he was working on the OT. Leia’s mother living in hiding for 2 years really doesn’t make much sense and it wouldn’t have given Leia any additional memories of her. She would have had to live until Luke and Leia were about 3 or 4 for any sense of her to really remain (just find someone who lost a parent at 2 and see if they have any recollections at all - it isn’t normal). Lucas biggest gaff was Obi-wan’s explanation of Vader/Anakin in ANH and how that so conflicted with the Luke/Vader connection. From the name and the lightsaber design you can tell that is what Lucas was thinking (the Vader and Anakin sabers are so similar and Darth Vader means Dark Father in Dutch) and a brilliant bit of acting by Alec Guinness gives the impression that there is more the story than what he said in his hut, but it still is a stumbling block in the story that most of us have just accepted. The other seeming story inconsistencies between the OT and PT are really no worse than that.
And as for the acting in the PT. Jake and Hayden get a bad wrap, but I think they were acting at GL’s direction in how they delivered their lines. If you say their lines like Darth Vader their line delivery amazingly matches James Earl Jones delivery, but without that voice he comes off as immature and I think that was the point. I don’t think some of these things were accidents. GL seemed to have a very specific story and way of telling it in mind with the PT and I see many similarities to more classic Hollywood (even down to the very art deco art design) than to the 50’s and 60’s movies that inspired the OT. Even down to how the love story played out between Anakin and Padme.
I think it all comes down to our individual perspectives. I really don’t blame anyone for hating the PT. They really could have been much better but I don’t think that was the story GL wanted to tell. I think I see what he did and intended and from my perspective that makes the PT pretty enjoyable to watch. To me it is Star Wars and it is much better than most movies already. Nowhere near as good as the OT or the OT SE, but those are incredible movies and it is hard to recreate that magic again. I think that Abrams came close, but missed on several levels. He nailed the art direction and characters and casting, but the story has a limp and never quite captures that magic. His way of telling stories I think is at fault because Lost, Star Trek, and Star Trek Into Darkness all share the same faults as The Force Awakens. Though TFA shows fewer faults than those others they are similar.