I think the current "the Clone Wars" cartoon is moving in the right direction as to what the prequels could've been, most importantly you get a competent and likeable Anakin. It also has the worst qualities of both the EU, the prequels, and Lucas meddling though. If you basically kept the tone of "the Clone Wars," focused on some characters other than Skywalker related ones, avoided politics like the plague, and respected the fans more (by not shitting over established canon), the Clone Wars could be so much better.