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> It's mostly about the development of Anakin's character. It's little like a study of that.
The prequels progress along two lines. The first is the broader picture of a decadent society and a rotten system (the Galactic Republic) barely kept together by an aloof and arrogant priestly caste (the Jedi Order), which, atop its ivory tower, fails to respond as the periphery of the galaxy attempts to secede, sparking a civil war, and a Machiavellian genius (Palpatine) uses the war to manipulate his way to power. I've even seen it said that the Jedi should be seen as the antagonists. There's famously a lot of exposition and politics, which some critics complain about, but Blackened Mantle doesn't show all of it.
The second is the tragedy of a young man with immense power and no discipline struggling with the constraints imposed by the Jedi and the fear of what can happen to his loved ones. All of the focus is placed over this.