Not if you watch the movies in release order, like almost everyone does. Don’t take this as a personal attack, but by following your logic, the Prequels should not exist in the first place, because almost every single element of the Original Trilogy feels like that. The Jedi, the Dark Side, the Empire, Alderaan, and so on. You need to remove some of the mystery surrounding these things if you want to watch the Prequels first, that’s just inevitable.
When talking about the movies as they are, then yes, the Originals need to be watched first.
But I’m talking about a version of the Prequels where they’re watched as the first movies. There’s merits to that, first and foremost being the ability to watch it at one cohesive story, like you would any other film series.
The Jedi can be introduced in the Prequels. They aren’t mentioned in ANH until the scene in Ben’s hut, and the emotions between Luke and Ben carry it well enough without mystery of what the Jedi are. Especially since there’s very little time between when the concept is introduced and when it’s explained.
The Empire isn’t mysterious. You jump into ANH with an Imperial Star Destroyer, Stormtroopers and Darth Vader immediately showing up. And while there was a mystery to Vader at first, his introduction is badass enough that the scene is still awesome without it, especially if proceeded by a good version of the Prequels.
Alderaan is a mystery? From space it just looks like Earth, and we never see the surface.
There is a difference between those examples and a whole 5 minute stretch of time where we’re supposed to feel nervous for the droids because they’re in a dangerous wasteland.
u made tatooine in the prequels geonosis but that wouldn’t make the everything a little smaller, like geonosis where the planet were anakin lived with his mother where the separatist droids is where the clone wars started where anakin lost his arm and his mother ?
No universe shrinking has occurred because no planet was deleted or added.
Geonosis is an Outer rim planet, making it both a good candidate for the humble beginnings of Anakin like Tatooine is for Luke, but also makes sense for Separatist sentiments to grow, as they could feel abandoned by the Republic.
Either that or turn any appearance of Tatooine in the Prequels to a whole new planet.