I will forever say that Revenge of the Sith is the best movie in the series, followed by phantom menace, rogue one, empire strikes back and force awakens all fighting for second
Revenge of the Sith is the worst of the prequels. It took many many viewings for me to even get to the point where I could say I somewhat liiiiike it, but it has massive, massive issues.
I don’t see how this is a particularly controversial take, this is a pretty normie take, other than Empire being a bit lower - almost everyone has RotS above one of the originals, sequels at the bottom, 7th one as the best, AotC as the worst prequel, Rogue One as best Disney etc etc. I agree with your mate somewhat, AotC is the best prequel, RotS is the worst.
Episode 4-5-6 Hope-Empire-Jedi. You want more. Episode 1-2-3 Are they great no, but it adds to the world and with some problems are good stories. You want more. watch genndy tartakovsky , The clone wars. You want more Clone wars. it's good. You want more.... Rogue One. You want more. REBELS , did not expect to like it, but it's good, was meh about the time travel thing in it. Just no man, don't go there. But it brought back ahsoka, so... still don't go there. You want more... Watch the EWOKS cartoon, was expecting to like droids better, but ewoks was better. You want more.. Droids You want more. Getting difficult now. Caravan of Courage: An Ewok Adventure, long and boring. Ewoks: The Battle for Endor You want more... OK then Watch The force Awakens. Looks good, fun times, empty skull. You want more. Star wars the holiday special That's it.