Should Disney remake the Star Wars Prequels?

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Since Disney has decided to remove the Star Wars expanded universe out of the canon of Star Wars's main storyline I've been wondering if they should do a 're-imagining' of the infamous star wars prequels. I'll admit I like the prequels myself (mainly because I grew up with them) but I sure would find it interesting if Disney would give episodes I - III a second chance.

So what do you guys think?

I hear rumors of a Boba Fett movie or about the Rebels who stole the Death Star plans. I think it would be a better move doing New Prequel movies like that.

I thend to dislike remakes & lots got upset at Disney buying the rights to Star Wars.

I haven't watched any of the Star Wars movies since Disney took over - not even the ones that were made before Disney bought them.

I can't really see that happening. I have always thought that the overall storyline of the prequels (Qui-Gon taking Anakin under his wing and rescuing him from captivity, Palpatine orchestrating the war from both sides, Anakin turning in a desperate attempt to save Padme) was really good, and that the main flaws with the prequels were the terrible dialogue and direction and the overuse of CGI. Like you I don't outright hate them as much as a lot of people seem to, as I was also relatively young when I first saw them, and was impressed by the fancy lightsaber duels

I think realistically if Disney were to try and re-make the prequels they would change too much, if that makes sense. Yes there is great potential for improving the writing, acting and action, but if they were to make dramatic changes to the core story as described above then I have serious issues with that. There's also the issue of re-casting and replacing those actors in the prequels who were actually good. I can't imagine anyone other than Ian McDiarmid as Palpatine, for example, same applies to Christopher Lee as Dooku (if the character of Dooku would even exist in a re-imagined version) and Ewan McGregor as Young Obi-Wan. It's not a hopeless cause, however, as the recent Planet of the Apes movies have proven that it is indeed possible to make remakes/reboots that are actually good.

I think kids would continue to watch the existing prequels, even if only out of curiosity, just to see if they are really as bad as people say they are. Keep in mind that the prequels were aimed more at kids (hence JarJar), which presumably would not be the case if they were ever remade.

All copies of the prequels should be gathered together and burned. Then they should never be spoken of again.
Or Episode I at the very least. The other two are bearable, though still a far cry from the great movies they could have been. Still, I think it's better just to leave them alone. Remaking them would be like picking at a scab.

Sacrilege!

People who do not like the prequels are free not to watch them. Those who constantly b***h and whine about them are far more annoying than whatever it is they're complaining about. George Lucas doesn't owe the haters anything, even if the prequels did not live up to any Mary Sue fanfictions and whatnot.

IMO, Disney is now the greediest, cash-grabbing studio in Hollywood. They should have left Lucas-Film and the Star Wars movies alone and under the distribution of Fox.

As for the main question, no, the Star Wars prequels should never be remade. Episode I and Episode II both SUCKED, although Episode III wasn't that awful of a movie.

Lets just pretend they never happened

I predict that TFA at least will play it safe, just give the fans what they want and not do anything too crazy or revolutionary that might piss people off. This is what they did with Jurassic World; it's not mind-blowingly good, but they just gave the fans what they wanted so that it was commercially successful, thus guaranteeing the possibility of further sequels, which now have the freedom to be a bit more adventurous.

I consider myself relatively neutral as far as the prequels are concerned, but admittedly when I watch the saga in preparation for TFA I plan to skip eps. 1 and 2, or possibly just watch the lightsaber duels on youtube, I quite liked the arena battle in ep. 2.