I'm looking at everything through rose-tinted glasses, since I grew up with the Prequels... but the Prequels were totally awesome.
A bit of editing *could* have made the prequels actually awesome. Given how much Lucas liked to tinker, if he hadn't sold out to Disney, it's interesting to consider the Special Editions we might've gotten in, say, 2019. Tinker with only two things, and TPM *could* be made awesome:
1) Do what you can to remove Jarjar. Shudder. Alternatively, slip in a few frames that show his eyes glowing yellow when nobody is looking, force lightning crackling around his fingertips, something *hinting* at the fact that this isn't some ill-conceived irritating clown, but is actually that most devious of Dark Lords, Darth Jarjar. He who is so far behind the scenes that even Sidious isn't aware of him.
2) "Qui Gon, Sir? I was wondering, what are midichlorians?"
"Well, it's like this. Midichlorians are..."
And then the camera pulls back and Qui Gons explanation gets drowned out by ambient Coruscant traffic noise. He explains the Force to Aniken, but not to the *audince.* Because there was *never* going to be an explanation of Mystery Space Magic that was going to satisfy the majority of the fandom, nor should there have been an attempt. Leave The Force something for the fans to argue among themselves about. Something to hurl invectives at *each* *other* about, but not at the film writers. It's not somethign that needs explaining. it's as bad as the plot screechign to a halt while Han explains how the hyperdrive works, or Obi Wan goes into detail about the physics and functioning of the light saber. Or a movie that explains how Han and Chewie first met. Some stories don't need to be told.