Bingowings said:
No they are episode 1 to 3 in a series where 4 to 6 are pre-existing as underlined by the text of the poster above.
So the wise move would be to make them work both as prequels and as earlier episodes.
They work as neither.
It would have been better if Anakin went insane because of his oddly shaped shadow though.
Never noticed that shadow before
J