My prequels start and end with the clone wars tv series. Don’t need anything else to know how we get to the OT (definitely not the awkward and ham fisted “turn” and purge we are lumbered with in Ep 3).
More or less the kind of anakin old Ben describes - great pilot, Jedi knight, good man and a loyal, close friend. Plus the series is entirely more interesting, the Jedi are actually a thing to behold and admire and introduces characters we care deeply about.