r/StarWars • u/VillainM Anakin Skywalker • Mar 23 '21

I’ve recently been made aware that a lot of younger Star Wars fans (understandably) aren’t aware that Sebastian Shaw was the original ghost of Anakin, and that Hayden was edited onto Sebastian’s body in 2004. So this is for those who might not know! Meta

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u/beatnik86 Mar 23 '21

Recently watched Return of the Jedi on disney+. That was the first time I've seen it without yub nub, it was upsetting. Had to YouTube yub nub to feel better.

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u/[deleted] Mar 23 '21

But doesn’t the Gungans shouting “Wesa Free!” Really tie that scene together.

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u/Simba7 Mar 23 '21

It all looks so bad too. Bugs the crap out if me and I grew up on the prequels, so I'm basically the person they did this for.

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u/dlpheonix Mar 23 '21

Damn u whippersnappers!! Ill blame you for all the changes my predecessors and my generation did to all the good things.

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u/Simba7 Mar 23 '21

Yes grandpa, whatever you say.

Yes grandpa, they don't make caramels like they used to.

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u/dlpheonix Mar 23 '21

Hehe

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u/LooseZeus Mar 23 '21

Also (because they were making them in a computer in the 1990s) the new footage in the Special Editions is so different in its filmmaking style. When you put footage into movies from the late '70s-early '80s that has a closer filmmaking link to the Prequels than the movies they're being added in to, turns out its pretty noticeable. This explains it better: https://youtu.be/NfjT9JAmVYY?t=269.

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u/[deleted] Mar 23 '21

I mean I remember going to see.them in.the theater with my brother in 1997, even though we owned the VHS box set. This was before Episode 1 came out.

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u/MisterDonkey Mar 23 '21

That was very clearly Jar Jar, even if they say it wasn't.

They just had to find a way to squeeze that mother fucker in there somehow.

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u/[deleted] Mar 23 '21

I am pretty sure GL did it as a FU to all those who hated him.

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u/Slashycent Jedi Anakin Mar 23 '21

Makes me love it even more.

"Oh no, I head evil funny amphibiant man! My life is ruined!"

OT-purists deserve as much Jar Jar as possible.

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u/[deleted] Mar 23 '21

For real. I get disliking a character, but people act like Jar Jar is the worst thing ever created.

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u/Majestic-Marcus Mar 23 '21

I’m not a purist but Jar Jar is definitely up there in the top ten worst things ever created for an entertainment franchise.

He has zero redeeming qualities.

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u/[deleted] Mar 23 '21

To each their own. I thought he was fine and he is meant for kids. My niece thought he was hilarious.

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u/oceansamillion Mar 23 '21 edited Mar 23 '21

The replacement just doesn't hit that high right before the star wars theme like yub nub. That choir blend right into it chef's kiss

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u/peaceablefrood Mar 23 '21 edited Mar 23 '21

Also, makes Lando look like he's confusingly clapping in the background right before Luke sees Anakin, Yoda and Obi Wan's force ghosts.

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u/non_curamus Mar 23 '21

Holy shit... I didn’t even realize the song was gone! That explains why it feels differently when I watched on Disney+ recently.

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u/AchillesPDX Mar 23 '21

Yub Nub (Ewok Celebration) was replaced 24 years ago, back in 1997 for the Special Edition. The movie was only 14 years old then...

And yes, I am purposefully attempting to make us all feel old.

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u/non_curamus Mar 23 '21

After seeing it in the theater, I grew up watching it over and over on HBO and VHS pre-special edition (thanks for the OLD reminder). I knew my later edition DVDs were the new edits, but hadn’t paid attention that closely to the audio changes (I’m more visual). I had a rare day off without the family around recently and binged the three originals on D+ and tried my best to soak them all in without distraction, i.e. my phone (picture Gold Five repeating “Stay off Reddit. Stay off Reddit!!).

When I finished, I felt a bit of emptiness in my soul, but I chalked it up to reminiscence and growing older, but now I know... it was Yub Nub. I had missed those furry little bastards’ angelic voices chorally serenading Luke as he hallucinated, er, visited the Force ghost fraternity.

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u/thedrivingcat Mar 23 '21

And Leia's laugh right at the crescendo, damn it gets me every time.

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u/[deleted] Mar 23 '21

Remind me, who’s yub nub?

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u/beatnik86 Mar 23 '21

https://youtu.be/np6vAuS0KNs

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u/[deleted] Mar 23 '21

I remember him, just forgot he was gone

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u/Formle Mar 23 '21

I don’t know if you’re doing a gag or not, but Yub nub is the song, no?

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u/[deleted] Mar 23 '21

Oh I guess I thought it was one of the Ewoks, makes sense why I didn’t realize the difference

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u/megwach Mar 23 '21

I thought I had imagined it the last time I watched the show and it wasn’t there. It was really confusing. It’s the best song though!

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u/thwip62 Mar 23 '21

Yub Nub be damned. I much preferred the music they replaced it with, along with the scenes of the galaxy celebrating.