I think what the original film did well was to gradually draws into the conflict through the naiveté of our hero. Luke, like us, starts off knowing absolutely bugger all, but the larger canvas is revealed to us/him gradually as he gets drawn into it (not dissimilar to Saving Private Ryan, it suddenly occurs to me). Episode I was so close to having that, and either Kenobi OR Anakin could’ve been perfect for that route, but it kind of fumbled both of them.
I think what the original film did well was to gradually draws into the conflict through the naiveté of our hero. Luke, like us, starts off knowing absolutely bugger all, but the larger canvas is revealed to us/him gradually as he gets drawn into it (not dissimilar to Saving Private Ryan, it suddenly occurs to me). Episode I was so close to having that, and either Kenobi OR Anakin could’ve been perfect for that route, but it kind of fumbled both of them.