My thought is simply that it adds to the list of possible cuts, which considering my Phantom Hour ran 72 minutes with credits, allows for a condensed version of Episode 1 to truly be presented in an hour with a simplified but complete narrative.

This allows for a potential two in one edit where Ep 1 is an hour and episode 2 is an hour and half, giving us a reasonable two and a half hour film.

Philosophically, Jedi prefer to use combat in defense and only when necessary. They entered the situation as diplomatic ambassadors, so escaping through vents to try and warn the queen holds more with the Jedi way than hacking and slashing their way into an unknown situation.