I feel exactly the same way. This film and Rebels work so well as connective tissue that the PT feels much more relevant than it ever has for me.
I’m not sure I see it that way. To me, this movie has accomplished the exact opposite – it has rendered the prequels irrelevant. Vader floating in the bacta in a black castle somewhere completely expunges the awful vision of Hayden Christensen and his “I hate you!” and the “Noooooooooo!”
Vader is wrapped back up in his veil of mystery. Shrouded by fog and only-on-the-screen-for-two-seconds camera angles.