The prequels were bad because they were poorly executed, primarily because Lucas was given total control and didn’t have a team who collaborated and challenged him on certain things. Lucas is terrible at writing dialog for example. The sequels were just terrible in concept AND execution.
The best thing about the prequels is RedLetterMedia.
Well, opinions differ. I didn’t think the prequels were awful. Just so-so. At least they weren’t woke.
And then there was JarJar Binks.