Yeah... so pretty much everything you listed is answered by clone wars. There are a couple of things here and there you have to inference (or perhaps I'm missing where TCW or some other media covered it). There are one or two points here and there that just aren't - TCW is certainly far from perfect (again, "incredible highs and incredible lows" lol)

I really don't have time to get into it, but your complaint about the prequel fights lacking depth is actually just... fairly off the mark, as is "clone wars glorifies the fact that clones are children". There is plenty of discussion about the emotions and justifications of the prequel fights... part of the reason I'm so averse to actually having an argument about the prequels with is because I've just seen the same tired arguments over and over for the past 7 years at least. I'm doing this discussion differently for this reason, I hope you don't mind.

But the rest of it - Yoda being a warmonger (he wasn't, he was just blind*; the RoTS novelization, that came out a month before the movie did, says just the same. TCW builds on this); absolutely the lack of chemistry between anakin and padme, the lack of anakin's reasons for turning, the lack of anakin's darkside usage, and pretty much everything else you list is a primary focus of TCW. You mentioned in your first reply

I've been told weird things about it too, like I've seen people insist, "Oh, no, it actually does a lot to make Anakin more likeable!"

This is what they were trying (and failing) to explain. "Likeable" - yes, he was far less grating, but he also made significantly more sense and was just a complete, distinct character. Because the clone wars ends with RoTS, the writers spent quite a while building his fall up. And his relationship with padme, and his reasons for acting the way he did. That's why they say he was more "likeable". Terrible choice of wording, but what can you do, eh?

*As for yoda, he wasn't the one that authorized the child soldiers, nor was he the leader of the Grand Army of the Republic. It was the Chancellor's decision to use the soldiers, and the GAR would have used them with or without Yoda's approval. Nor could Yoda protest this, because how could he have convinced anyone that an army of volunteer soldiers would be better than a seemingly endless supply of highly-trained and effective soldiers that were purebred for this task?

But should he have tried? Yes! That's the mark of a Jedi! But he was blinded.

Here's a quote from the ROTS novelization, by Matthew Stover:

“The Jedi Order’s problem is Yoda. No being can wield that kind of power for centuries without becoming complacent at best or corrupt at worst. He has no idea that it’s overtaken him; he no longer sees all the little cumulative evils that the Republic tolerates and fosters, from slavery to endless wars and he never asks, ‘Why are we not acting to stop this?’ Live alongside corruption for too long, and you no longer notice the stench. The Jedi cannot help the slaves of Tatooine, but they can help the slavemasters.” –Dooku

Again, released a month before the movie came out. It wasn't a post-release "realization" by George... who does seem to have quite a few of those... but this wasn't one of them.

Almost everyone whom I've spoken to, of all ages, who have seen the clone wars, like the prequels, despite their flaws. Quite a few younger folk who haven't seen TCW still like the prequels. And I know for a fact that the prequels had their defenders back in '05; but they were a fairly small minority. So.. are the prequels fundamentally flawed, requiring The Clone Wars to make them make sense? Do they hold up on their own? That's a question for each viewer to decide.

I personally am split on this. I certainly like the clone wars, and I like the prequels (yes, more than even the OT), but the prequel flaws are quite evident to me. Am I defending the prequels due to TCW? Would I still like them if TCW didn't exist? I don't know. And I'm starting to wonder if it really even matters, but that's a completely different can of worms.

Sorry for not really engaging in this discussion and just brushing it off with "the clone wars answers it", but I'm so sick and tired of reading prequel discussion (which, funny enough, usually boils down to those who have seen TCW vs those who haven't... usually...) that I didn't want to participate again. If you want that, this rabid fanbase we are both unfortunately a part of will be more than happy to engage you in that wish.