I honestly think it's better just to treat the prequels as their own separate thing.
They're just so radically different in tone/acting/staging.
The OT + Force Awakens are all clearly the same style of filmmaking and feel like a cohesive unit of films.
The prequels just feel completely different, like seeing your friend after they've had a lobotomy and no longer have any of the same personality.
If Episode VIII and IX are also more in the vein of Force Awakens ... then the prequels really are going to be the odd three out because they're not much like the other films at all in that case.
BB-8 has more personality in the prequels than any of the human characters and the CG characters with "personality" are way overdone and veer into being cartoons.
