Can someone help me out?

[The Answer]

Ya, I know what everyone is going to say another Star Wars thread but I found something peculiar and im wondering if anyone can help me out. A friend lent me his Return of the Jedi DVD and at they end of the movie when everyone is celebrating the defeat of the empire Obi wan and Yoda appear to Luke. But then all of a sudden Hayden Christiansen appears as well. Now im wondering was this an added scene or what? It doesn't appear to be an added scene as it isn't stated on the title menu.

[OssMan]

Was hayden christianson even alive when that movie was made

[The Answer]

Was hayden christianson even alive when that movie was made

I believe he was but he was very young

[Loose Cannon]

lol what? He was like 2 years old at the time. He wasn't in the movie.

[The Answer]

lol what? He was like 2 years old at the time. He wasn't in the movie.

Maybe it was a add on by lucas. It is defintely him,it was a blue holigram figure so it wasn't Hayden there in person. It was hologram form you know the way Kenobi keeps appearing to Luke in the older movies.

Edit: It seems that he was added when they re-released the DVD version. In the original, the ghost of Anakin was Sebastien Shaw (who played Vader when Luke unmasks him. That explains it....

[Dark-Slicer Diago]

it was one of the add-ons to the new DVD release(I just bought the Full Screen version last week) here are the changes to the DVD release

Episode 4: A New Hope:
- 24m 51s into the film: twin sun effect has been added.
- 48m 50s: Han Solo avoids Greedo's shot before shooting at him.
- 50m 30s: Jabba the Hutt computer animation changed in accordance with Episode 1.
- 71m 30s and after: Death Star detention-block corridor is much deeper.
- 77m: Dianoga (trash-compactor monster) has been improved.
- 82m 10s: "Power" and "Tractor Beam" English words have been replaced with Star Wars "Basic" language.

Episode 5: The Empire Strikes Back:
- 50m 56s to 52m 05s: The Emperor's hologram has been replaced with Ian McDiarmid. New dialog has been recorded whereby Palpatine informs Vader about Luke's real identity.
- 63m 42s, 87m 18s and 98m 39s: Boba Fett's dialog has been replaced with Temuera Morrison‘s (Jango Fett from Attack of the Clones) voice over.
- 92m 05s and 92m 15s: Han Solo's black jacket has been erased, due to cut mistakes in the original movie.
- 101m 40s: Luke's scream, which was added in the 1997 Special Edition, has been removed again.

Episode 6: Return Of The Jedi:
- 24m 44s and after: Edge transparency defects around the Rancor have been removed.
- 115m 41s: Old Anakin's eyebrows have been erased and eyes are now blue, to fit with Hayden Christensen.
- 120m 44s: Naboo has been added to Tatooine, Bespin, Coruscant and Endor victory celebration scenes.
- 120m 58s and 121m 03s: Senate and Jedi Temple are now included in Coruscant panoramic view.
- 122m 30s: Hayden Christensen (Anakin) appears as a ghost beside Yoda and old Obi-Wan at the end of the movie.

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[Loose Cannon]

pretty cool then.

[El Santo]

Not really. It's sorta weird seeing Hayden in the New Special Special Edition as a ghost beside Yoda and Obi-Wan when Sebastian Shaw was just fine. I can only imagine Luke now thinking, "Well, there's Yoda... and Obi-Wan! And ... who's that spindly twerp standing next to them?"

[samichna]

I am not a Star Wars fan, but I guess that is pritty "cool".

[YOUR Hero]

Strange they never had Kwi-gon(sp?) in the last episode appear as a ghost. Even if he's not related to Luke's story, they made reference to him discovering how to manifest himself to Yoda. In fact, he should have counceled Yoda, ala like Obi did to Luke during the training of Luke. Better story tie in right thurrrr.

[El Santo]

The Qui-Gon scene was originally in the movie (I think some fans pointed out that, in the trailers, you can see Yoda bowing to a gloving figure), but it was cut out for some reason.

[MJD]

Strange they never had Kwi-gon(sp?) in the last episode appear as a ghost. Even if he's not related to Luke's story, they made reference to him discovering how to manifest himself to Yoda. In fact, he should have counceled Yoda, ala like Obi did to Luke during the training of Luke. Better story tie in right thurrrr.

Luke probably doesn't even know of him so if he saw Qui Gon there at the end he'd be like "who the fuck is that?", so that wouldnt make much sense.

Either would Qui Gon counselling Yoda... Yoda had been a jedi for like 700 years at the time, Qui Gon would have been a Master for no more than 10-20 years max. Counselling, yoda does not require.

And I didn't read all the replies here but Hayden replaced Shaw as Anakin because thats what Anakin looked like before he turned to the dark side. So leaving Shaw as a 50-60 year old in there would make no sense because Anakin was never 'whole' or non-mutilated when he was at that particular age, instead he was quite fucked up as you see when Luke takes off his helmet and mask. What they didn't think about however was that Anakin never wore the beige and brown robes that most Jedi were.. instead opting for the black, as they can choose their own clothes.