I think it's kinda tacky. I just would of much rather seen Darth Vader cast off the shackles of the dark side and return as the redeemed Anakin.
I could see Whatshisname McYoungVersion Hayden whatever being more in place if like evil being slain and the Jedi returning rejuvenated them into younger versions of themselves.
Originally posted by amity75
In the future when new generations are watching all six movies in sequence they'll only want to see Hayden at the end. If they hadn't changed it then people would be disappointed at the appearance of some old guy.
I think having Anakin in ROTJ connects the entire saga better. its better having young Anakin because that was when it was at a time where he was still good, so it kinda implys that Anakin went back to his old self once Luke saved him.
Plus having Anakin's force ghost when he was young, meant more than having the old guy look where we only see one scene showing him, and Anakin had the entire PT. So, I think it was a wise decision by Lucas
I don't want to add fuel to the fire but I think young Anakin was a bad change. He was never at peace when he was young if you think about it. He always had something bothering him and something evil deep down inside of him. By showing old Anakin we see Anakin "saved" from the dark side as his content self. Luke helped him kill the evil in him and bring out the good and he was turned completely back to the good side. So when we see old Anakin he is with the other jedi masters at the end old when they passed and "became one with the force" showing young Anakin is like if they showed Ewan McGregor for Obi-wan Kenobi! Old Anakin was the only Anakin to ever truly be at peace.
Originally posted by AmrothSkywalker
showing young Anakin is like if they showed Ewan McGregor for Obi-wan Kenobi!
That's where you lose me. That change would make much less sense, so it's not like the Anakin change at all. You can explain why Anakin's spirit appears that way. How would you possibly explain how Obi-Wan's spirit that we've seen as Alec Guiness has suddenly changed to Ewan McGregor? See what i'm getting at here? I'm not asking you to explain that change. I'm saying that there is a valid, official explanation of how Anakin's spirit first appears & looks like Hayden, but if they changed Alec to Ewan for the end scene, that would make no sense at all. My point is that your comparing young Anakin to a possible young Ewan weakens your point. Take that out & you've got a stronger argument.
Originally posted by AmrothSkywalker
I see what you mean about my arguement. Think about this: they show obi wan die old, the show his spirit old, they show anakin die old, they show his spirit young????? i think its retarded
And that's cool. I'll never tell anyone that they should or shouldn't like anything. Like what you want to. But you should also understand that George Lucas says that Anakin died when he became Darth Vader in what is now Episode III, and Anakin seems fully redeemed once he joins the force & appears next to Obi-Wan & Yoda in the same visual form that he died in.
Also, I think Mr. Lucas might have changed this scene because becoming one with the force was Anakin's big reward for turning back. I mean, he goes through most of his life in a black mask barely alive. It makes the situation look like Anakin's reward was to get to be the ghost of a shriveled old man. The force changes him back to how he was the last time he was in tune with the light side. Both Yoda and Obi-Wan never turned. You could look at it from the point of view that once you turn to the Dark Side you are no longer in view or in the presence of the living force. So that was how the force last remembers him. You will find that many of the truths we cling to rely greatly on our own point of view. 😮💨