To give you my own way of growing up watching movies, I saw many sequels before the originals, so I wasn't tainted at all. Before the days of VCR, or rather owning a VCR, I only watched movies as a kid on HBO and that was it. I saw the OT a zillion times on HBO, but I always saw Superman II on HBO before ever seeing Superman I. When I saw Superman I, I thought it was OK, but Superman II to me as a kid was the shit. Years later, and as I have aged, Superman I is clearly the better film. Same with Rocky movies, I was too young to see Rocky I in the theater, but always watched Rocky II on HBO and just heard about Rocky I from my brothers. I thought Rocky I was too slow as a kid and thought Rocky II & III were much better movies. Fast forward 10-15 years, Rocky I is an utter classic, and even though I saw them out of order, quality truimphs over time.

Don't be fooled by kids and their views of SW, remember they are kids. As a 10 year old kid in 1983, I thought ROTJ was better then ESB, and I have done a 180 over time, and now I see ROTJ as the weak link of the OT movies. I think kids will watch it 1-6, and the only thing I fear is they wont be grabbed at first by TPM and may not really care to continue on with the rest of the movies, cause remember SW/ANH is what made me a fan, and I was dying to see the other movies after that, so my love of SW/ANH makes the fan I am today. Luckily we can distinguish the OOT story with the saga story, so we are fortunate to just totally not even think of the PT and still feel the story is complete, with 1-6 new SW fans, they just won't love the 1-6, and may like individual movies, but wont distinguish the story of Luke that we grew up with, cause remember it is the tragedy of Darth Vader now, and that is the X-factor that is not prevailent in ANY other movie series.