Winning the Clone wars

I thought that the Republic was supposed to win the Clone wars before its fall. This will all have to take place in a short amount of time if Episode III picks up right where this leaves off.

Indeed, that was the established wisdom, yes., And indeed, there isn;t much time to tell the whole story.

We'll have to wait and see how it goes.

at this point we almost know nothing about the clone wars

I'm anticipating this movie way too much