Nope. Episode 7 killed the franchise stone dead. Jacen, Jaina and Anakin Solo underwent a sudden and gratuitous Total Existence Failure, as did Mara Jade and Ben Skywalker. Disney could have run with the EU and made some thrilling original movies. Instead they decided to make a lame remake of Episode 4, because they can't read.
Nah. The prequels made the whole franchise and story dumb and paty-waisted to me. The originals were just okay before then anyway IMHO. When it was decided to make Darth Vader a broken hearted Pu$$y and The first three episodes a BS love lost story it ruined it completely.
Besides it never was Star Trek or BattleStar quality sci-fi.