"I just saw what was on CBS but I'm going to try to look at it. I want to see it on the big screen," he told the audience, according to Entertainment Weekly.
Lucas sold his sci-fi blockbuster franchise to Disney in 2012 for around £2.5 billion (NZ$4.9b) and is not involved in the latest film. But he was positive about the sequels.
"I hope they do a great job, they've taken a different direction," he was reported as saying by the New York Daily News. "I'm excited, I have no idea what they're doing," he added.
This is not the first time Lucas has held off from watching anything related to The Force Awakens. He made a similar admission last year about not watching the first preview straight away. Lucas has since seen the initial teaser.
Lucas has already hailed JJ Abrams as the "ideal choice" to helm the project after he was as named director of The Force Awakens.
"I've consistently been impressed with J.J. as a filmmaker and storyteller," Lucas said in Lucasfilm's statement confirming Abrams as the director. "He's an ideal choice to direct the new Star Wars film and the legacy couldn't be in better hands."
The new teaser has now racked up more than 35 million - and counting - views on YouTube since it was unveiled last week.
The new film picks up 30 years after the events of The Return of the Jedi in 1983 and features new stars John Boyega, Daisy Ridley, Adam Driver and Oscar Isaac. It will also star veterans from the franchise, including Mark Hamill, Harrison Ford and Carrie Fisher.
The Force Awakens is set to be released on December 18.
- Independent
