TV's Frink said:

Again, the PT didn't exist in 1997. If anything, you could say the PT made some references to the 97 SE. It wouldn't make much sense to say that, but it makes even less sense to say it the other way around.

What some of you fail to understand is that in 1997 ep. I WAS in production... why on earth would Lucas include a shot of Coruscant, a city never mentioned in the OT, if not for a link to the prequels??

It's obvious, it was included because within 2 years people would have known Coruscant.