Watching the prequels is more frustrating than anything else, as this article points out. It was all right there, so close to being truly great, yet fell so hard on it's face - it just needed someone to come in and do another draft or two of what Lucas handed over, and someone(s) else to direct. You don't need to change the story, or the characters, or the themes, or the motivations - those all work, and work really well, imo. A democracy that dies to thunderous applause; a well meaning, overpowered protagonist that falls for the false charm of a charismatic but secretly evil leader; a once stoic and good order that became blind to, and a puppet of, evil, due to it's hubris; clones vs droids; awesome villains. A true greek tragedy. Even a loveable goof in Jar Jar could have been tweaked with a simple punch up to be more the stand-in for the viewer to see how breath taking space wizards are to a layperson.