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/ieatplaydough Mar 23 '21

Also it is Luke seeing them gathered there. Luke has only seen his true father once, as a redeemed Darth Vader but without the helmet. Sure, Luke might "know" because of the force or whatever, but to his eyes its just some young ghost kid in Jedi robes standing there.

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u/[deleted] Mar 23 '21

The change makes the assumption that the audience has also watched 1-3 prior to RotJ and know who this kid is, when we literally just saw the older version.