The prequels are okay. I think the over-arching plot about Palpatine's rise to power and the formation of the Empire was good. I agree that the details in each of the prequel films can be sketchy though. I agree the lightsaber fights, most of them anyway, were impressive in all three movies. When I first saw the Darth Maul fight back in '99 I thought that was the coolest thing I'd ever seen! The shallow dialogue is a buzz-kill though, and because of Anakin and Jar Jar I like Episode 1 the least by far. Episode 3 is quite good though, the only one of the three that captures the feel of the originals somewhat.
The original trilogy overall is a step above though in pretty much every category. And even though the fights are less smooth, I agree that the fights there are more 'significant' and are built up tremendously well. Luke and Darth Vader in Episode VI is amazing.
For the record, my ranking would be 4 > 5 > 6 > 3 > 2 > 1. At least the prequels got better and better! The difference is huge though, 4 and 5 are two of my favorite movies of all time together with Return of the King and stuff, but 1 is like, 100th or something. Can't wait for Episode 7 anyway, it's going to be great for sure. 
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