The clothing on (Hayden Christiansen's) Anakin's Force ghost in ROTJ

Throughout the PT, Anakin Skywalker has never exactly dressed the part of the proper Jedi Knight. His garb was unorthodox and dark...foreshadowing the armor of Darth Vader even when Anakin was a Padawan in AOTC.

At the end of the newest edition of ROTJ, Anakin (as played by Hayden Christiansen) is finally wearing proper Jedi robes as Obi-Wan, Yoda, and the others did. Perhaps this visual was symbolic: Anakin was, in death, finally a *real* Jedi for the first time.

 

Throughout the PT, Anakin Skywalker has never exactly dressed the part of the proper Jedi Knight.

How can you now what he is wearing in Revenge of the Sith?

But yeah, I agree with that.

 

How can you now what he is wearing in Revenge of the Sith?

Well, both trailers for EP III show him, the action figures are out now, there are various photos available and have been for some time. As a matter of fact, his outfit appears identical to the one he wear Ep II

 

An old man dies and reappears as a young man, you're concerned about the clothing? o_0

It's supposed to represented his inner peace, I assume, if we look at it from a story POV. Anakin's darker clothes as a Jedi Padawan were actually signs of his rebellious nature. (And I'm not just pulling that last part of out of nowhere. I believe it was mentioned in a reference manual somewhere.)

 

At the end of the newest edition of ROTJ, Anakin (as played by Hayden Christiansen) is finally wearing proper Jedi robes...

Not only is he wearing proper Jedi robes...


...he's wearing someone else's body!!!

 

Oh LLS, you never fail to make me smile

 

Official DVD Thread #2 - Changes Discussion

Discussion about Anakin should be kept in there.

 

he's wearing someone else's body!!!

Skin and all? I knew there was something not quite right with that boy...

 

Yes, it represents his inner peace. And also, his robes in Revenge of the Sith are darker than those in Attack of the Clones.

 

I think Anakin should be wearing the dark clothes he wears in the PT. Luke wears black, why cant Anakin?

 

I bet they tried that and found that it didn't work. Remember that he's not opaque in that scene and he's against a dark background. If they depicted him wearing what he actually wears in the PT, he probably wouldn't show up very well.

 

So you can now choose your clothing as a force ghost now? Wow.

 

<<So you can now choose your clothing as a force ghost now? Wow.>>

Yes, the Force has Lord & Taylor.

 

I don't really know the Star Wars answer to this question, but the Real Life answer is that Hayden's head was digitally placed on top of Shaw's head and Shaw was wearing the traditional robes. That's why I think they should just re-shoot the scene with Hayden wearing his PT robes.

 

I don't know. I think it's kind of nice that he looks more traditional and "light side."

I'm so ambivalent about that scene anyway. I don't really like the idea of a classic image of my youth being changed like that but, at the same time, it always bothered me that Anakin never actually looked like his "Force ghost" in life. When he was older, he was all wounded and cyborg-y. (Of course, he never dressed like that ever but I did like the look; I wonder why we haven't gotten that figure yet.)

Not to mention the fact that Sebastian Shaw is actually too old to be Anakin in ROTJ. Of course none of this changes the fact that one of the really classic images of the trilogy from my youth is now gone. Oh, well.

 

This has been a problem since ESB.
Should Kenobi's robes have been cut in two? Why are they whole?

 

is it just me, or was hayden NOT BORN in ROTJ?

 

Um? You did see Star Wars: Episode VI - Return of the Jedi on DVD right?

Here's a picture:

Anakin Skywalker Ghost

 

Isnt it amazing how force ghosts actually have clothes to start with?

 

Anakin def did return to the light side hence why he did appear in regular Jedi garb. It was stated in some guide, that Anakin made his own robes and yes, was a rebellious act.

 

Luke dosnt seem rebellious and he wears black.

 

Luke's extremely different from the Jedi we see in the Prequels. His black robes are a representation of the new order he's ushering in and the danger he's in of falling to the Dark Side. After he goes crazy on Vader, however, part of his robes open and you can see a sort of white, off-white, beige, grey piece of fabric, representing that the Dark Side will never have a hold on him. I wouldn't be surprised that if Episodes VII, VIII, and IX were made that Luke would be wearing either black, white, and/or grey robes to symbolize his balance.

 

Yes...Luke's black clothing is semi-militartistic and supposed to be representative of his struggle with the dark side. As the poster above, says, the undone lapel at the end of ROTJ (right over his heart, no doubt) shows that that he defeated the darkness within him.

I personally don't take issue with the Hayden change. My feelings are similar to Evil Otto. Even though I generally liked Shaw in the role, Hayden there doesn't bother me. The very fact that spirits of Jedi can project images of themselves through the Force suggests that they're appearance is likely influenced by their own mentality. Therefore, at peace with himself, Anakin chooses to appear with more Jedi-like robes, Yoda gets to sit on a fence so he doesn't feel short, and Obi Wan spares us a mooning by keeping his clothes in one piece.

Of course, the most obvious answer of the lot to explain the change is simply that Anakin has finally become a Jedi. And as we all know, PT Jedi have no fashion sense. It's only the dark siders that have a little flair to their style.



is it just me, or was hayden NOT BORN in ROTJ?

Actually, Hayden was born in 1981. About two years before it came out.