The question is, with some obvious alternations and the like, do you think this premise would have worked for the Prequel Trilogy (with Anakin as the character with an unknown past, but exceptional Force skills; unknowingly to himself and everyone else that he was a dark lord from the past who forgot his past)? Obviously whoever he was as the dark lord before he was turned back to Anakin would be dead;however, after finding out that he was the war lord that he has been hunting (either on his own, or from Palpatine) would probably push anyone into self-hatred, thus, after many side plots, Darth Vader is born...
What do you guys think?