Let's get one thing straight

Let's get one thing straight---Rotten Tomatoes scores are completely unreliable. Stop trying to defend those awful Disney installments.

I haven't seen any Lucas purists pretend the Prequels were amazing or anything. Nobody forgot how unlikable Jar Jar was, or the mediocre acting, or the campy dialogue, or the other questionable choices Lucas made.

What I have seen is people saying that the Prequels had more effort, integrity, and respect put into them than the Sequels did. I've seen people say that Lucas didn't antagonize the fans whenever they criticized his work, if anything he took their criticism and tried to improve the Prequels, most notably when he reduced Jar Jar's screen time, among other things. I've seen people point out that movie-rating sites have rigged the scores in favor of the Sequels. I've seen people say that the Prequels inspired a lot more successful content and merchandise, where as anything based on the sequels failed, including theme-park rides. I've seen people even point out that the musical score for the Prequels was far more memorable and impactful than the Sequels. I've seen people point out that the Prequels weren't nearly as divisive as the Sequels were.

Basically, I've seen people say that for all the flaws, the Prequels at least tried to tell an original engaging story, where as the Sequels were soulless rehashes that were more focused on pushing agendas. It might be too early to say, but it's a safe bet that the Prequels will age better thanks mostly to all the content they spawned, in addition to the effort that was put into them.

I prefer the sequel trilogy to the prequels, however the prequel story is actually the best in the entire series, just a huge shame the films were so poorly made. The sequels are messy but have some good moments, just a shame the dudes that wrote and made the mandalorian werent involved as that series is the best star wars content since the OT.

Oh god, is the blind deformity at it AGAIN? It's high time to Ignore the bugger, and his acolytes.

This only proves that most of the people have absolutely no taste and just crave mindless entertainment.

Not really , I give you the definitive measurement - the imdb score

Star Wars (1977) 8.6/10
Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back (1980) 8.7/10
Star Wars: Episode VI - Return of the Jedi (1983) 8.3/10

Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace (1999) 6.5/10
Star Wars: Episode II - Attack of the Clones (2002) 6.5/10
Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith (2005) 7.5/10

Star Wars: Episode VII - The Force Awakens (2015) 7.8/10
Star Wars: Episode VIII - The Last Jedi (2017) 6.9/10
Star Wars: Episode IX - The Rise of Skywalker (2019) 6.5/10

Revenge of the Sith has beaten two of the last batch.
Although the avg of the scores for 789 a little better than 456

RT lost all credibility after the critics caught wanking all over Ghostbusters 2016 which crashed and burned at the BO.

Now try watching The Force Awakens again. What's the point? The story disintegrates with The Last Jedi. Compare the box office takings between TFA and TRoS for proof.