I saw Willow in the Theaters.

As far as I can tell, Lucas lost whatever skill he had with dialogue long before the prequels ever happened.

He might have lost that right after American Graffiti and nobody noticed because unlike Spielberg, he never produced anything set on present day Earth.

Given that Lucas' alleged post sequel plans for Star Wars involved microbe life forms, I can't say I am sorry that the franchise got yanked out of his hands.