No yeah I totally get what you're saying. I too think it's hard to believe the OT comes after the PT. That's why I think more PT designs should be in the OT. The slick stuff was only in the PT, but I think it might be cool to see some of it in the OT as many of the mock ups have proven.

As for the continuity errors, I think quite a few of them are hard to fix from a PT stand point, but much easier to fix from an OT stand point. I liked thinking Yoda was Kenobi's master as much as the next guy, but if you're putting the two trilogies in the same continuity, from which end is it easier to fix the error? As is Yoda being Obi's master is, unfortunately, just a throwaway line. But Qui Gon being his master is rather something of an unavoidable plot point. And yeah, when I first saw TPM I thought "who the hell is this Qui Gon?" But you know what? I kind of like him.