I tend to agree with the thought that in reality nothing has changed but our perceptions. Ep I and II were not better or worse than the original trilogy, they were the same. The prequels seem to affect young children the same way the originals affected us at that age, therefore my assumption must be that these movies simply have not evolved. I think if there were a way to forget 20+ years of expectation and and other life experience, we could all simply enjoy a 6 part sci-fi epic. Don't you wonder what it would be like to be a kid again and actually watch the whole thing in order without any preconceived notions?