Yes, This is how I feel that we know the story and the films just fill in a blank before we get to the next part we already knew about. And with changes to what we already know of the back story. And the Blanks were never anything people really cared for.

Basically the PT could be told in a LOTR style prequel flashbacks lasting 20 minutes or under across the 3 OT films. But the style of the footage would pollute the actual master pieces with shit looking plastic fake footage.

So it's not needed the PT and never will be. But If a salvage were to be made of those few remaining "half decent moments" then they need to be retrofied to even look older than the OT like a historical segment.

I think Ben and Yoda story is the thing missing not Ben and Anakin.

Anakin should have come from nowhere really by chance but a lot later on. Not 3 films of Anakin no no no.

The Clone war, never even felt like it was a war it just felt like something going on and people fighting for no reason. There was no real justification that was dramatic enough that made me care about this war or feel any consequence for it occurring.

If you have a film set in WW2 say the focus is on how things have now changed. There was no change when the clone wars started it just kept going and nobody seemed affected by it.