No doubt. Everyone went with the prequel idea because it was still Star Wars. I still contend that no one would have cared if those were episodes 7, 8, 9, and now we were getting an episode 10. If there was never a 1, 2, or 3 on film, no one would care.
People like Darth Vader because he's a bad ass, and they I don't think they needed to see how he became a bad ass for him to still be cool.
This feels so much bigger than the prequels. The fresh blood is already so apparent. Lucas doing this would've made it so trash. I wonder how he feels knowing that people are so much more excited about this knowing that he's not involved. Every second of dopeness in the teasers and trailers, I wonder if it eats him up at night?