Actually before revenge of the sith was done filming, George Lucas told Hayden to just stand there and smile, and that's what Hayden did. He didn't know what it was for. He said if he knew he was filming that scene he would have acted differently. That’s what Hayden said in an interview

Yes the stormtrooper head bump is funny and a satisfying noise, that's why I decided to show it 4 times in this video and talk over it every time.

I don't know why anyone would be annoyed at Ewoks blinking. Without it they just look like teddy bears and more obvious suits, plus there is something disturbing about them having their eyes open constantly.

The fact that he didn’t play the bump sound effect will forever haunt me

I remembered as a kid finding it weird that the actor that played the ghost looked exactly like Anakin in the prequel even if the movie came out like 20 years before

Replacing puppet Yoda was justified. They lost the original (ESB one) and the puppet used in TPM was just a proof of concept using "modern" materials. George said "that'll do" much to the creators surprise. The CGI replacement showing Yoda 30 years younger than ESB and living in far better conditions than the swamp he eventually lived in, was a great choice.

The Yoda puppet didn't stand out because of the digital environment. It stood out because the sculpt of the puppet was horribly inconsistent from the original. Frank Oz did a fine job puppeteering Yoda in the prequels, it just never looked like the same character.

Its just weird that we never saw Anakin wearing those classic Jedi Robes

The problem with Shaw’s Force ghost is that it looks like a 70 something year old. This is not as obvious when he is dying as he is supposed to look scarred and broken. Lucas probably hadn’t decided om Anakin’s age when writing the original trilogy, so it’s understandable that he looked this way originally, but still, the change is definitely for the better. Ideally they should edit the scene now as Christensen has the perfect age for a 40 something Anakin.

I never had a problem with Hayden Christensen replacing Shaw as Anakin's force ghost. I'm especially in favor of it now after seeing how well Hayden has aged over the last 18 years. He still looks very similar, and (unlike Shaw) is still alive for future projects. Also, younger fans would probably see Shaw's force ghost at the end of the original version of RotJ and think "Who the hell is this guy? Where's Anakin?"

I got the original trilogy on VHS tapes and I'm wondering if it's Shaw or Hayden as Anakin... Also, in Ahsoka Hayden is perfect as the Force Ghost of Annie, cause he knew what he was doing...

Controversial opinion: Since Lucas already updated the movies once, Disney should update them again to make the more consistent with the prequels and other canon shows. I'm not talking changing stories here, I mean just updating some of the really aged late-90s CGI, or tweaking small things to make them internally self-consistent like what Lucas did with Vader/Anakin's eyebrows. Then they should add all the original and modified cuts in bonus features to acknowledge how the movie effects changed over time (perhaps with commentary as to why it changed too).

Your argument for adding blinking to the Dianoga works equally well for the adding of blinking to the Ewoks.

Out of morbid curiosity, I would like to see Mr. Christensen do the whole back to Light/death scene. I wouldn't want it actually replaced in the movie, but I would like to see it. Of course, I'm still a little salty over my favorite cut scene being in A New Hope. I love the scene with the big furry human Jaba in the hanger, I still don't think that ILM can or will be able to make the slug look good.

It was good showing Naboo and other planets celebrating at the end of ROTJ. They too had been bullied by the Empire and it makes the Rebels victory seem more universal.

I believe the change to hayden christiansen is smart, because if you think of it, Anakin, before he turned to the dark side, was Hayden, and when he was turned back he was still burned and gross, so in his force ghost he chose to look like the original Anakin. Idk, those are just my thoughts.

What annoys me more than all those unnecessary tweaks is that the original versions are no longer available. I would like to watch the film as I remembered it as a kid in '77, not as an adult in '97.

The tractor beam thing in English (I mean it's labelled "Tractor beam" pretty, obvious exposition, is akin to the original Batman, which had signs everywhere telling everyone the obvious: "bat computer", bat-microwave oven" etc. What would have been funnier is if Obiwan had to type in on a key pad, the Admin password "admin" and the password, "password".

The real sacrilege would have been replacing Sir Alec with Ewan in that final ROTJ scene.

I’m not a fan of the special editions but one change in A New Hope I actually always liked was the Millennium Falcon rising out of the hanger on Mos Eisley. It’s a cool shot that gives the scene a little extra flair.

Personally think the CG X-wings do not look as real but the shot improvements are worth it. For continuity, inserting Hayden into the unmasking scene would have been great. Nerd nitpick, wasn't Aurebesh introduced in ESB on Luke's X-wing monitor?

Anakin redeemed himself in the end so his force ghost should represent how he looks then.

They should update Anakin's ghost as Hayden is almost the same age as Anakin now. Also they could reshoot Anakin's death scene with Hayden (while editing in young Hamill). Of course that would mean removing Sebastian Shaw from episode 6 completely.

The Ewoks blinking is fine. After all, they living in a forest and can get things in their eyes like we do.

I definitely never heard anyone complain about The Phantom Menace Yoda change, there was something odd looking about that puppet Eyebrows were burned off in Revenge of the Sith, so it makes sense they'd be gone, what's odd is Rebels brought them back like in an attempt to just boycott the special edition or something like that lol 😝 I literally didn't even know those white blips were supposed to be the X-Wings taking off before the special edition Many would disagree with the Ani ghost, I just figured they did it so they could use him later since the late Sebastian Shaw wasn't avaliable, but Disney didn't use that opportunity in any of their sequels to George's originals

The change I like the most is replacing the Emporer with a woman's face and monkey eyes to be replaced by Ian McDiarmid playing the Emporer in the vision. It makes it consistent and looks better (and seeing McDiarmid play the Emporer anytime is good).

It was not only the matt lines that were fixed in the Hoth scenes -originally because of the optical printer's problem with white things on white backgrounds, everything with snowy backgrounds where see-through and looked like ghosts.

They need to replace Alec Mcguiness with Ewan McGregor as Ghost Obi-Wan Kenobi in The Empire Strikes Back and Return Of The Jedi to is resembles his decade self that the Ewan McGregor version.

replacing Shaw with christianson was incredibly disrespectful to Shaw and his family and also if you look at it logically noone would recognize a younger Anakin where as Luke save Shaw's version of Anakin

It makes sense that he changed some things to fit the prequels, but it would have made even more sense if he had remembered the continuity of the originals and written the prequels around them instead, maybe?

The Ewok Celebration Song replacement at the end of Return of the Jedi was never justified.

I pose a simple question for anyone who says the Hayden force ghost is justified. Would you have cared if it wasnt changed at all? Sure, you like the change but you cant tell me that you needed it. Its disrespectful to the guy who got replaced. That was his most iconic scene as an actor. George Lucas gave him the middle finger and stomped on the old mans grave.

I like the original ending of return of the Jedi it's nice to see what anikin would have turned out of he didn't join the dark side

thank god yoda was replaced, puppet yoda is nightmare material 😭

Its funny to thing that hayden christensen is 42 years old and darth vader was 45 when he died, so hayden is now old enough to play vader at the time of his death but yet in shows like ahsoka they still deaged him...

In my opinion, I love the Hayden Christensen Ghost! The Sebastian Shaw Ghost is great, too! Both are phenomenal actors, in my opinion!

The head bump is kinda tragic because the guy who played the Stormtrooper actually got a serious concussion & now we just laughing at his pain…

Yoda at 1:02 honesty looks evil 😂

What they did to Mos Eisley in a new hope is just painful

Empire Strikes Back: Replacing the Emperor played by some guy in a generic, goofy mask with the man himself, actor Ian McDiarmid. I'm glad I'm not the only one who likes the changes. I recently watched the Star Wars saga beginning with the prequels. Without the CGI enhancements, the original trilogy just would NOT follow the prequel trilogy in a continuous way. CGI was such an integral aspect of the prequels' aesthetic, it wouldn't work to follow them with films devoid of CGI. Besides, for the most part, the CGI enhancements allow us to enjoy the 1970's charm without the 1970's limitations. They're the films as George Lucas intended they should be. And I love that!

There is one thing which isn't on the list but should have been. Changing Palpatine in the hologram in Empire strikes back. At first, he was portrayed by Marjorie Eaton with a mask, while Clive Revill voiced him. In the new version, Palpatine was portrayed by Ian McDiarmid, who portrayed him in other movies.

The helmet bump sound was in the ‘93 laserdisc version… way before the DVD release. I do not have any earlier versions of Star Wars, but it was added as early as that Laserdisc at least. I think it was caught during post production of the original release, so I’ve heard

I read that Lucas didn't tell Hayden why he wanted to him to dress up like that to film him. I wish he had because he just looks goofy standing there grinning. He could have at least given a better performance if he knew he was going to be a redeemed Anakin force ghost.

This video is a real pain The script and the voice over is just, uuuuh

They can remove an eyebrow using CGI meanwhile DC trying so bad to remove Henry Cavil's mustache

(1:28) Even before Revenge of the Sith, the story of why Darth Vader was given the life-support suit was close to what we ended up with. In the novelization, the conversation between Obi-Wan and Luke was extended, where Obi-Wan describes a similar event to Revenge of the Sith.

I think it would be cool if in the force ghost scene it starts with Sebastian, and transitions to Hayden. At the same time, have Alec transition to Ewan.

The storm trooper who bumps his head, I heard tell it's David Prowse(Darth Vader) who was being used because they needed an extra trooper and who was taller than the rest of the extras on the scene which is why the door was either not designed to go higher or whose ever job it was to raise it didn't raise it enough and since Prowse had trouble seeing out of the helmet, he didn't see enough to be able to stoop a bit. I'd love it if someone can tell me if I'm right or wrong on this.

I guess it really depends on what generation you come from. Growing up with the OT, what was once known as the "Special Editions", the CGI in Star Wars did greatly improve the space battle. Restoring the Jabba scene was cool...except for stepping on his tail. I didn't like what Lucas and his team did with Empire at all, and believe since he wasn't its director, wasn't his movie to change or butcher in places. ROTJ is what it is, but Anakin was a much older man at death, and just seems odd to see the younger version of him instead. As it is, the OT is completely distributed and streamed as what was once known the "Special Editions". I know there are many of us that still would like to see the original theatrical versions sold on blu-ray quality, flaws and all.

The stormtrooper head bump noise was in the original

I've see Star Wars many times. I never noticed the storm trooper bumping his head though. Interesting.

The stormtrooper hit his head because the door on set didn't open wide enough.

In my opinion original ending in return of the jedy is more appropriate an oldman Anakin that a young Anakin because anakin changes his appearance through 20 years

For the X wings leaving Yavin 4 and assembling I always liked that change, why couldn’t the tower watching guy (with no way to get up there or down for a break) be removed as a change?

That Yoda puppet is a thing of nightmares.

The change I DO NOT approve is the part on Degobah when Luke said to R2 “You’re lucky you don’t taste very good.” in the original Empire Strikes Back. In the edited version Luke says “You’re lucky to get out of there” which weakens the comedy of the situation

It only makes me watch the movies again to find the scenes that you mentioned. That's pretty much what I have to say 😊

I think all the force ghosts should’ve appeared as their younger selves.

3:18 I just noticed the sarlacc kinda looks like a pistachio 😂

They need to put back the Ewok song "Yub Nub" at the end of Return of the Jedi. I dont care for the replacement tune. Hayden as Anakin's force ghost is cool though.

He was justified in jar jar bunks and that singing creature in the cantina - great changes

I never once watched any of the stars wars films in my entire lifetime, I was a wee kid when the movies with anakin and obi wan came out back then and I never got the chance to actually see any of the movies growing up as a kid, my parents weren’t into that, nobody in my family was into that and I jsut never bothered to get into it until I turned about 20 then decided to finally watch all the films after all the years of wanting to be part of the fandom and after listening to the many many family guy references , I watched the films and that shit was good I was over there looking at professional light sabers after I got done with all of them, but the point is , the movies made by George Lucas were badass and a major staple , and I saw Return of the Jedi for the first time I thought it was so dope to see Hayden Christensen as one of the ghost , and because I watched the movies in theatrical release I was surprised as hella when I seen him as one of the ghost cause growing up as a kid I remember seeing Hayden’s face everywhere when the phantom menace came out and everything after that, I knew Hayden as that dude from Star Wars that turns into dearth Vader, so watching his ghost appear in the 6th episode was a dope first time watch for me because in my head I was like there’s no way, but this movie came out like years ago, and I was just completely stunned and it wasn’t until I looked it up that I saw it was cgi and that wasn’t the original cut , it still made me feel good that I got to watch the movies for the first time with all the George Lucas edits and changes.

What is the background music

i didn't even noticed that there was so much cgi in the old movies, i thought that lucas was just making the best looking movies in 80's 💀 i was like: damn this look too good to be 80's movies. well now i know it's remastered💀

Fun Fact: BEHOLD Jar Jar Binks... The TRUE...Sith Lord all along...

Replacing Shaw with Christensen is a non sense, just as much as Lucas wanted us to believe that Anakin became Vader "to save the one he loved". Save her from what and to do what? She would have never agree with Anakin killing younglings to save her baby (among other things). And he knew that very well. Returning to this point. Young Anakin did a lot of atrocious things with no valid reason (according to the story). Old Anakin is actually the one who loved his son so much that did the ultimate sacrifice to save him. At that point if by some mambo jumbo that cannot be explained, he became a Force Ghost just like this, it's fine, but the one who deserves this is the old Anakin, not the young one who was so foolish and evil.

Whta about that old lightsaber.

The update to the emperor’s hologram communications scene with Vader in Ep5 was much better. Think the original was an old lady with monkey eyes super imposed?

There should be more updates now that technology has progressed.

I never saw the Heyden change at the end of Return of the Jedi as bad in any way. I loved it.

"Painted himself into a corner" does not equal "justified."

The ghost change is the right call. Vader is only 45 when he dies yet that other actor is like 60+

1:46 NAH these some devious ah eye brows this shit was necessary

Selling it to Disney was his fault.

I know Obi Wan learned how to return in the afterlife, but I don't recall Annikin learning...

The Hayden Christensen change makes sense because Sebastian Shaw was how Anakin was supposed to look before so it makes sense, to stay consistent

Of all the changes made over the years the one thing that has never been changed is when Leia calls "Luke!" and Luke yelling "Carrie!" as he's getting out of his X-Wing at the end of A New Hope. Am I the only person to notice that? Nobody re-editing the movies has.

Saying it makes no sense for Anakin to have eyebrows, because a prequel movie burns them off years later is ridiculous. Perhaps they should have left them on Anakin in Revenge Of The Sith, rather than remove them in Return Of The Jedi. And, you are crazy thinking it was OK to ditch Sebastian Shaw, PERIOD.

The return of the Jedi in my public library has a dvd of the OG force Anakin

Its changes like removing Sebastian shaw that make me never give up my un altered vhs tapes of the original trilogy. Lucasfilm seriously needs to let the fans choose an edit that they want to buy and release them all.

I think Anakin’s force ghost should of been in his black Jedi robes.

Movies with update patches lmao

The Yoda puppet used in the prequel was a new puppet. The original RoTJ was destroyed so a new one was made. However, it's likeness was way off from the original. They used CGI to compensate for the ganja smoking Yoda puppet in the prequel. Vader ceased to exist when he saved Luke from Palpatine. Anakin was no longer young, but old. Therefore, the original Shaw version should have been kept intact. Consider Luke's response to the appearance of the three force ghosts. Do you honestly think he'd recognize his dad being young when the first time he saw him was pulling off the Vader mask on the second Death Star? The Christiansen version would make sense only if Qui-Gon was included. After all, he was the original force ghost who saw everything going on before Obi-Wan and Yoda died. I liked the original Star Wars as they were originally released. I didn't need expansion or explanation. I enjoyed the concept and the story. My biggest issue with Star Wars is when Lucas decided to make Anakin and Vader to be the same person. The prequels negate Obi-Wan calling Anakin "Darth" in the very first movie. I wish Lucas kept with his original storyline of Darth and Anakin being two different men

The real man under the Vader suit, David Prowse, looked way more like Anakin than Shaw!

10:12 why does this guy add an 'a' on the end of everything? 'Alivea' 'Scenea'

I only thought Anakin looked dumb in RoJ because he went back to his young self while Obi Wan was still an old man

My only issue with Hayden appearing as a force ghost is the Jedi robes, he literally had the best robes excluding Luke.

Now they can fully insert Hayden as the dying Vader. Hopefully not, to respect the original actor who was already replaced in ROTJ.

Why not less us hear the stormtrooper bonk his head?

I've seen it a hundred times and never noticed it was Hayden's head superimposed over Shaw. I simply thought they had Hayden re-film the entire presentation and swapped.

As much as him as a force ghost looking younger doesnt make sense, it also didnt make sense that he wasnt still burnt looking

4:02 Technically that's an English font.

Those who object to Hayden Christensen replacing Sebastian Shaw need only remembering that around the same time, some creators wanted to replace Alec Guinness with Ewan McGregor as the Force ghost of Obi-Wan. However, Lucas shut that idea down, because in his eyes, Ewan McGregor could easily evolve into Alec Guinness, given a few decades (which he is, given what we got in the show). However, since Anakin did quote unquote die when he became Vader, we needed to see Anakin as he was before that. Still, the original ghost does show what would have been if Anakin never became Vader, but that's a whole different debate. I prefer seeing Hayden over Sebastian Shaw.

They still haven't done anything about the A wing crashing into the star destroyer bridge.

I absolutely respect your opinion, and you aren't wrong; however, there are a couple of things I feel differently about. Replacing puppet Yoda. I liked the puppet. That said, I'm biased: I've done puppets on TV. (I suspect it's one of those however you first saw it, will be the one you prefer.) Replacing Shaw with Christensen. I happen to think it was unfortunate that they took Shaw's final moments away. Maybe they could've started with one, and had him age (or de-age) to the other? As always thank you so very much for the videos.

Chaning Anikin from Sebastian Shaw to Hayden Christensen might make sense if he wasn't the only one changed. If anything, it makes the rules here so much murkier. He's younger, why isn't Yoda or Obi Wan? They could have changed all the force ghosts. Plus, we only minutes before saw Shaw as the reformed Anikin, why bring in a third actor in one movie to portray the physical character? It really wasn't justified at all.

The updated ending of Return of the Jedi surpasses the original in every way.

The first movie is called Star Wars.

I can guarantee it wasn't just prequel fans that were defending the Hayden-in-RotJ change.

Maybe 2005 Hayden doesn't make sense to be in ROTJ. But maybe he can come back in 5-10 years (whenever he's the correct age) and reshoot both the unmasking and force ghost scenes. Then we don't need to worry about the "wrong age" thing??