While the Prequels are very clearly not as good as the OT, I look back fondly on them and I think time has done them justice. It wasn’t the story that was bad, it was everything else. That’s the complete opposite of the sequels.
I dont know what our age difference is, but I would guess I have some years on you.
Were I younger I might not have minded a bunch of the fluff in the prequels or been so grumpy about shoehorning in so many tie ins to 4-6.
Everything felt dumber down.
It is interesting the way it unfolded.
People popping in with murky backstories from 4 on, you had to really watch things closely to see what was what because characters came and went so swiftly.
It took careful watching to stay on track.
Retroactively though, everything became semi predictable with the prequels.
Looking back it was very child oriented, but the way they came out it didnt feel that way- they felt adult.
The movies didnt really change, I did.
I do think a retelling geared towards the fan base of the original 3 and even the prequels would be awesome, and it would likely make a mint. I know I would be in the theater day 1 to see a darker, more brutal telling.