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When that character is theoretically the focus of the entire trilogy, then yes, it is illegitimate.If I'm writing a trilogy of movies, and thinking about my story that way, then I don't think it's illegitimate to plant a character in the first part of the story whose relevance won't become obvious until the second part.
And his relevance is obvious from the start because we already know who he is. It's not like people showed up to Ep 2 and were surprised the annoying kid from the previous film was now the focus. He's the key point of Ep 1 (the only point really) and he's shoehorned in.