This is demonstrated by the “A long time ago in a galaxy far, far away...” title card introducing a recap of the prequel trilogy.
Empire review and io9 spoilery review of the first two parts, premiered three hours early to show at Celebration.
It’s ten years since the fall of the Republic and Obi-Wan has been on watch the whole time.
He’s gotten a day job, which felt weird to me as something for a mystical mentor in the wilderness, but it lets him interact with people to a small extent.
And then he refuses a couple of calls to adventure himself before agreeing to one...
Who is cool, funny, and Force-ily insightful.
The search takes him to a cyberpunky freeport called Daiyu, noted in the description of Part II as a hive of scum and villainy. But not a wretched one. So this is an awesome hive of scum and villainy I guess?
Spice is straight-up presented as drugs with street dealers and labs. Playing that up so much retroactively makes Han Solo about 37% sketchier.
A small cameo on the Daiyu streets is an emotional stab.
The other non-callback cameo, on the other hand, is a delight. Simple tricks and nonsense!
The trailer showing three Inquisitors, with two being from Rebels which is set later and the other one not, gets the obvious conclusion swerved by the end of Part II.
And we’ve had some lightsaber threatening but no fighting yet...
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