I don't know if I ever came to terms with it, the thought of one day not existing has always brought me a level of deep comfort. Maybe try looking at it as a good thing instead of a bad thing.
The prequels killed SW for me and TFA/TLJ brought my love for the series back. And then TRoS killed it again.
It's all relative, we all take different things out of these movies. I don't think you're wrong for enjoying the prequels but man I couldn't disagree with you more that they're good movies.
Jfc I haven't kept up with the recent Disney SW stuff but it really sounds like they jumped the shark.
Space-faring whales....cmon now