Hayden Christiansen being added to Return of the Jedi DVD

[Umbran]

I've always thought you didn't get to choose; you appeared in the form where you were last 'Good' since when Vader appears he's as a whole man, not the thing he was at the end, unlike the other two.

Logic failure there. Vader was last "Good" when he destroys the Emperor. The whole point of having him with Yoda and Obi Wan is to show that this act redeemed him.

Not the the filmmakers are tied to logic, of course. But I don't see any good reason why Anakin should get rewound a couple of decades when the other two aren't...

 

[Brown Jenkin]

But we don't know for sure either which Yoda that is as well. It could very well be the Yoda from 30 years earlier too.

 

[Umbran]

But we don't know for sure either which Yoda that is as well. It could very well be the Yoda from 30 years earlier too.

Yah, but it sure as heck isn't the Obi Wan from 30 years earlier!

 

[barsoomcore]

Not the the filmmakers are tied to logic, of course.

That's describing the situation VERY mildly, I'd say.

 

[Tarrasque Wrangler]

I'm pretty sure I saw that photo months ago. It looked photoshopped then, and it still looks photoshopped now.

But still, given how Lucas is playing around with the timeline, I'd almost think you'd have to make Anakin look a little younger in RotJ. It couldn't have been more than 20 years or so between the birth of the twins and the beginning of A New Hope. Luke and Leia seemed like 18, maybe 20. Unless the twins are already born at the beginning of Ep. III (which would clash with that supposed spoiler storyline posted here), or it takes place over a long chunk of time, Vader can't have aged more than like 25 years off-camera between Episode III and Episode VI. I guess that suit adds a lot of hard living to a body.

 

[Kai Lord]

Not the the filmmakers are tied to logic, of course. But I don't see any good reason why Anakin should get rewound a couple of decades when the other two aren't...

These are ghosts. In a Star Wars movie. I think this is one area where "but that doesn't make logical sense" really doesn't have any weight.

Who says they don't just appear however they want to? I think its a travesty that Lucas has denied anyone the right to view or own the original versions of the films on any medium newer than Laserdisc--yadda yadda yadda, but with that being said, if they ARE going to change things, I don't think this one is necessarily a bad move. I read Harry's little temper tantrum over this, and it was pretty pathetic.

I think having Luke and Anakin share one brief moment as equals at the end of the saga is actually kind of cool.

 

[Umbran]

Vader can't have aged more than like 25 years off-camera between Episode III and Episode VI.

Which would put him in his 40s or so. After falling into a volcano. And living in the suit for a quarter century. It isn't like the elder ghost Anakin looked like he was ancient, y'know. Certainly looked younger than Obi Wan, which makes it about right, no?

 

[myrdden]

Jeez...I hope this isn't correct. I don't mind updating special effects, but this seems a little bit too much.

 

[Kai Lord]

If I were to wager a guess, I'd say that its real. For one, its obviously Hayden Christiansen, and obviously with his Episode III 'do. His gaze is pretty warm, and not one you'd think he'd have in any scene in Episode III, which the image would have to have been pulled from and then doctored up.

Another hunch I have is that Lucas won't completely erase the performance of Sebastian Shaw, the original Anakin, so I expect that the Jedi ghosts will appear as they originally did, then "morph" into their younger selves, with Anakin going first.

 

[John Crichton]

Another hunch I have is that Lucas won't completely erase the performance of Sebastian Shaw, the original Anakin, so I expect that the Jedi ghosts will appear as they originally did, then "morph" into their younger selves, with Anakin going first.

An interesting theory.

At the risk of sounding like following the masses I'm going to say that this looks bogus. If it is to be true, I like KL's morphing concept as it doesn't mess with things too much. I don't like it and I'd rather keep things as is but it doesn't bug me (like Greedo shooting first does).

I don't know what it is but it does look fake to me...