Sam Jackson, ruined everything; one of the only films I know, that he stars, where he brings every scene he is in, crashing down. All three prequels are good, clone wars was the least of the three, but all three had issues. Sith was great but the ending was, meh. Phantom was awesome to be back into the universe, even if the boy and jar jar stole the magic. why was the acting so bad? I just realized I have never seen a single film directed by Lucas, except these three. Is he, just a horrible, director?
Just allow, all 9 films to make up the franchise, and claim the place they are at as the story line from beginning to end with a treasure of characters to always have with you . . . because what choice do you have.