More likely...

Episode 1-6 was the rise, fall, and ultimate redemption of Anakin Skywalker.
Episodes 7-9 are the redemption of Ben Solo (his rise and fall seen through flashbacks).

Remember, Star Wars works best when people ask WWANRGLD?



(What would a not rich George Lucas do?)

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It wouldn't matter who they cast as Anakin Skywalker, the movies still would've been ass.

No ghost of young Anakin Skywalker? Upvote.

cool video and all... but man, his voice sounds just like Hayden Christensen (Anakin Skywalker).

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While it is really annoying to see Hayden Chrstianson... he is a horrible actor who phoned his performance... it does make sense to see him rather than the "old" Anakin Skywalker with the prequels made the way they were. To put it simply: Anakin NEVER looked like he did in Return of the Jedi if we are to assume that the events that take place in the prequels actually happen. Because he gets all burned and effed up in the 3rd prequel, the last moment he looked remotely "normal" was as Hayden Christianson.

I mean, if I could just go back in time and somehow prevent Lucas from making the prequels... well hell. I'd probably just skip that and buy myself a sports alamanac like Biff... That and invest in Apple.

I think George Lucas could have done considerably worse with the new trilogy. All in all, I like them, even if many of the lines are terrible. Matt Damon as Anakin Skywalker would have been downright disastrous, in my opinion.

The thing I thought was missing from Episode Three was more Sidious action. More wizard-fights, and a proper showing of power versus Yoda.

Anakin Skywalker, Lee Atwater, and Karl Rove all did not have proper emotional support after their mother's deaths when they were young. In the face of such overwhelming grief it is not completely surprising that they allowed themselves to be consumed with bitterness. Skywalker and Atwater denounced their evil ways on their death bed but will Karl Rove?

From Wiki: One of the controversies surrounding the 2004 DVD release of the film was that the "ghost" of Anakin was replaced by Hayden Christensen, though Shaw is still the one shown as Anakin/Vader in the scene when Vader is unmasked, and is the only actor credited with the role in that film. In 2006, another DVD release featured the original version of Return of the Jedi, with Shaw restored as the ghost of Anakin Skywalker.

I didn't realize they "put him back", so to speak.