Anakin's Thoughts During the ENDING of Return of the Jedi (CANON)

Thanks to the brand new canon book "Return of the Jedi: From A Certain Point of View," Anakin's thoughts during the ending of Return of the Jedi, when he appeared as a Force Ghost, have just been REVEALED!
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[@kevin-2.1]

Anakin learns to let go at last, sure it took him awhile but he did it. Instead of controlling things, his children would find a way. Luke is the present & the future and Leia is a bold, strong & confident woman. Finally reunited with his old master & the other masters that are apart of the force. Excellent video man ❤👏👏👏

[@swolecapybara]

I watched Return of the Jedi a few days ago and teared up for the first time watching it. What a perfect ending to an awesome saga.

[@Albert12324]

Pretending that the sequel trilogy doesn't exist? 😅

[@shoeplayisbad1]

But you probably didn't watch the theatre version

[@Albert12324]

@@shoeplayisbad1 technically isn't the theatre version non-available on dvd nor streaming (so most people haven't seen it for that reason)? Or are you simply referring to the version with old Anakin?

[@shoeplayisbad1]

@@Albert12324 the theatre versions aren't available now Han shot first greedy never shot and shaw is vader force ghost The DVD if I remember right 2004 were released with theatre versions the last time

[@Excalibur2112]

Lucas' attention to even minute details spanning all 6 movies is unprecedented.

[@Sammy_Jankis]

Indeed a beautiful ending to the skywalker saga.

[@MoroCiollo]

Yeah thank god it ended right there.

[@sojanarne]

Can you imagine if they tried to make a whole other trilogy? I bet theyd ruin it

[@Ivan_KV]

It is indeed

[@carmgitto]

Yes ending here not with rey using identity theft 😮

[@sojanarne]

@@carmgitto who is rey?

[@Zamppa86]

For me that/this was the point where Star Wars as a movie franchise ended. The rebellion had won and the leader(s) of the sinister Empire had been destroyed. Good had won against evil like it often, almost always, does in stories like this. Luke had become a jedi like he always had wanted and Anakin had found peace after a whole life of slavery and servitude. The Skywalker twins had done what they needed to do. Of course I loved the EU novels when I was younger. It was so nice to read what would happen next to Luke, Leia, Han, Chewie, Lando and the other friends. It was nice to learn how Luke would grow in the Force and what would become of Leia and Han. But the movies ende here.

[@brokenbridge6316]

I can respect that view point.

[@AlternativeHistory32]

@@brokenbridge6316same

[@SilatBegin]

For me, i would love to see the development of New Jedi Order

[@brokenbridge6316]

@@SilatBegin---Your not the only one friend.

[@sojanarne]

@@brokenbridge6316 not by disney though!

[@spike_Burma]

When I watch this video, Shriver my skins and tears falling down. Finally Anakin realize what let it go means

[@kasperkingen5924]

Dork

[@lucasgibbs4050]

@@kasperkingen5924Dick

[@TaraCicora]

This was such a beautiful story

[@miguelcontreras-rivera5245]

This was a sad and beautiful story

[@Jay-Jones]

Anakin finally learned to let go.

[@mushhoodahmed2997]

wat would be ur top 10 episodes from the Star Wars shows be? For me it’s: 1. The Phantom Apprentice (Clone Wars) 2. Shattered (Clone Wars) 3. The Rescue (The Mandalorian) 4. The Sith Lord (Tales of the Jedi) 5. The Jedi (The Mandalorian) 6. Twilight of the Apprentice (Rebels) 7. Twin Suns (Rebels) 8. Part VI (Obi Wan Kenobi) 9. The Lost One (Clone Wars) 10. Ghost of Mortis (Clone Wars)

[@felipeduartedepaula1116]

This is so beautiful and poetic, but I wonder what happened to Palpatine in the Netherworld of the Force when he died (both Canon and Legends)

[@kylemohs8728]

Its sounds a lot like what happened in Legends. Which is great as this was always one of my favorite Star Wars stories.😃

[@brokenbridge6316]

This was a very insightful and wonderful look into the aftermath of the second Deathstar's destruction.

[@teraprop]

Thanks for making these videos. They are enjoyable & informative.

[@RetneysHolocron]

Glad you like them!

[@robanah]

Either in live action with Hayden and Ewan or in cartoon form with Matt and James... This story would make an awesome short for Tales of the Jedi!!!!!

[@TurtleSunglasses]

This video earned my subscription

[@RetneysHolocron]

Thank you!

[@TurtleSunglasses]

@@RetneysHolocron may the force be with you

[@Bricksgaming710]

So the thing that sets Anakin to the light side is love and compassion and emotions. But what leads to the dark side emotions? Hate anger so it's like really bro. Come on they should have just let Anakin have his family. He would have been more willing to protect them if you could have been open with everybody instead of sitting there and being like I'm going to bottle down my emotions and hide everything from the people that I'm supposed to be protecting makes a lot of sense

[@Brandon-yy5cc]

That’s what I’m saying. Suppressing your emotions isn’t healthy. The Jedi should teach to express emotions in a healthy way.

[@AngelXO96]

Dumbass Jedi unknowingly creating emotionally unstable psychos

[@daryljr5361]

It's sad he had to learn the hard way

[@Edward-nf4nc]

At least it should have been!!! Dame Darth Kennedy!

[@untilthewheelsfalloff1751]

And then Disney PUSSYfied the hell out of Luke, and gave us the worst trilogy of all time

[@louiienation8497]

Sounds like they’re getting closer and closer to retcon the sequels to me

[@TurtleSunglasses]

Hey right on man another great video for after work I’m using my girlfriends KZbin account to comment and watch this stuff may the force be with you brother

[@lukedanielgalon1596]

this is way better than the sequels in terms of storytelling.

[@ROOKTABULA]

Qui-Gon: Leaves a corpse, becomes a ghost. Obi-Wan: No corpse. Yoda: Same. Anakin: Leaves a corpse. Luke: No corpse. Continuity? Nahhhhh.

[@raffaprochowski9097]

The only ones to fully master the transcendence into the force were obi yoda and Luke so it makes perfectly sense.

[@kseniaboytseva4714]

Anakin also merged with the force and disappeared off-screen, leaving only Vader's armor, suit and prosthetics, according to information on the official website. Which Luke burned on a funeral pyre, burning the name of Darth Vader, past dart lord and mentally proclaiming his father Anakin Skywalker - a guide for the next generations of Jedi. This body of Qui-Gon has not disappear after death he did not complete his training. Although judging by the draft of episode 6, Yoda helped Anakin die without pain and disappear physically.

[@mariusconstantin6057]

Everything nice and cool til Disney fucked it up

[@kierramusic]

Anakin reminds me of an Aries ♈️ they fear failure😞 when he finally saw the ending he finally let it go❤

[@Apolonio-of8xf]

Cool 🆒🎉!!!

[@hampuswirsen7793]

One thing tho, did he remain a force ghost or did he disapear after. The end of the video for me made it sound like he let go and became one with the force and disapeared

[@RetneysHolocron]

He just vanished because they don't remain as physical ghosts all the time. But their consciousnesses are one with the Force. Canonically Anakin appears to Luke decades later in the book "Shadow of the Sith"

[@hampuswirsen7793]

@@RetneysHolocron ah okay, thanks for the answe, was a bit confused

[@jaieregilmore971]

@@RetneysHolocronHonestly I don’t like the shadow of the Sith it just felt like a an excuse explanation for a poorly made movie that is just seems too late for a explanation it didn’t help they seem to killed of Anakin Force ghost.

[@TerminaUltima]

In the secrets of the Jedi guide book, Luke says he talked to the force ghosts of his father, Obi wan and Yoda frequently over the years before he cut him self off in exile

[@kseniaboytseva4714]

@@jaieregilmore971 It is not a fact that Anakin's ghost died, he could temporarily fall into a Sith trap or return to the spirit world due to the fact that there were Sith artifacts in that temple. His voice appears both in episode 9 and in the comics, Anakin's ghost helps his descendants.

[@aidanmcdonnell3261]

Yeah a beautiful ending then they ruined it

[@ryanbarth6691]

Can you do a video on Mike zeroh

[@RetneysHolocron]

Idk who that is

[@ryanbarth6691]

​@@RetneysHolocronlook him up

[@andreasschaeflein4233]

This was definitely the best story in that book

[@mikemichailidis1685]

I like watching Original and Prequels. Nowadays star wars is not interesting anymore

[@PiotrFlyingZ]

7th.

[@jonathanvaux2715]

Young anakin makes no sense. Why not Ewan McGregor instead of Alec Guinness or how about baby Yoda?

[@dancorneanu9144]

Because they died at that moment where you saw them and were content. Anakin died when Vader came to be. Then he was reborn. It's his soul. There never was the Shaw Anakin at any point. He would either be husk Anakin (themathically awfull) or Hayden Anakin.

[@jonathanvaux2715]

@dancorneanu9144 while I don't really like it, your explanation makes sense. Looks like I will have to begrudgingly accept it haha

[@Ladco77]

@@dancorneanu9144 If Anakin died when he became Vader, then there wasn't any good left in him and Vader was never redeemed. It only makes sense for Anakin's redemption if he redeemed himself at the end and died as a Jedi saving Luke, and would therefore appear at his age when he died on the Death Star. I understand why they wanted to use Hayden in the scene, but it contradicts Anakin's redemption arc if that's the point where he "died."

[@dancorneanu9144]

@@Ladco77 It's metaphorical death and coming back. The good in Vader was Anakin. Hayden is playing the good in him. By coming back and killing Vader and the Emperor, he got redeemed. I's a common morality tale. Fall-death and redemption=rebirth. You can have it appear even in many works, including in anime, where the good is shown as the self before the fall. Anakin had good. He was the good. He is the Jedi. He is the father who sacrificed himself for his son. The age where he died on the deathstar would include all the consequences and corruption brought on by the years of Vader. He would either be a floating, half burned corpse or Vader. It's like redeeming a demon and having him show up as a demon. Both represent the evil, thus neither can be shown. Shaw was in his 60s and by Obi wan, Anakin was quite young. He should be in his 40s. Obi Wan spent decades on a dried up hellhole, so you can have him look a bit older. So would Owen and Beru. Sun damages the skin. Anakin had no such excuse. So the explanation was Dark Side damages the wielder. A consequence of his actions.

[@Ivan_KV]

Until the prequels destroyed everything.

[@JrobAlmighty]

Huh? This book is written after the prequels. Did you mean ST?

[@TerminaUltima]

*sequels

[@aidanhogan-thomas1797]

Love your stuff Retney. Keep it up!