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I think that's kind of an inescapable spoiler. But in concept, yes, that's part of it.

But there's more to it than that too. It's also the written order, which affects more than plot twists and story reveals. In much the same way that a story sometimes has flashbacks, there are structural reasons that it makes sense for the OT to come first. For example, Obi-Wan reminisces about his friendship with Anakin and Anakin's murder of at the hands of Darth Vader, which is initially taken at face value and then later in ESB described as a bit more figurative, and finally explored in detail in AotC/RotS, this follows a logical structure of presenting more detail/nuance as the story advances. ANH Obi-Wan is retroactively characterized as remembering his friend the way he chose to.

As one example.