Surely there is some level where they objectively succeeded, or else it wouldn’t have as many fans as it does.
You’d be surprised how many of these prequel fans think they aren’t good films and like them just because " it’s star wars and you have to love everything star wars or you’re not a true fan". Well, until Disney pruchased Lucasfilm and now its " you have to love george’s Star wars or you’re not a true fan"