Empire Strikes Back is by far the best of the series - as has already been stated.

The newer episodes revealed what everyone was asking, but it did so in a very embarrassing fashion... It seems that the movies steadily became more and more a practice of technological masturbation rather than any real efforts in effectively communicating a moving, intriguing story.

Which is a real shame, to be honest, since Anakin's story is so very rich with wonder and conflict - externally and internally, physically, emotionally, spiritually, and politically.