Sometimes I go back to this bit from a roundtable story discussion during the production of Return of the Jedi where George Lucas lays out the story of the prequels, and its astonishing: 1.) How much of Anakin’s story stayed the exact same into the prequels 2.) How much worldbuilding he very intentionally proclaims (anyone can use the force! yoda isn’t a jedi! padme lived!) and then just… throws away!
If you read this after listening to an AMCA episode it really seems like George is just messing with us, tbh.