Re:Why the prequels stank (Score 1)

Are you sure the episodes 1-3 were written before 4-6? At best Lucas had an outline of the entire story (1-6), then wrote episode 4. The rest was written as the movies were made. The only good stuff is in episodes 4 and 5. The rest is filler. RotJ is just filler until Luke finally confronts his father and the emperor. Heck, he started with episode 4 because he knew the first part of the story wasn't enough to make a story out of. These stories are always better when the backstory is hinted at rather than spelled out explicitly. Look what happened to the Matrix when they tried to flesh out that story. The idea that Lucas actually had a complete grand vision for all six movies is a myth. He had a very vague outline that lacked all the details that made a good movie and when he tried to write the first three episodes and add those details, he failed.