Regardless the inconsistencies, this ending with the Ewoks singing is so much better than the redub that Lucas ought to be ashamed of himself...that is coming from a kid who saw the original at age 6 and stood in line 23 times to watch Jedi during the summer of its release. George...give your fans some cred and stop making the anti hollywood film into the worst HW action sequence ever...<3
I listened to an interview with George Lucas about his new movie "Red Tails". In said interview (it was on NPR) George Lucas the memory killing fat cat that he is said and I quote. "Red Tails was a hard movie to find a distribution company because of the ALL BLACK CAST." All black cast? In the trailer there are white guys all over the screen.
Lucas you are a god damned fake. And you are a bad story teller. There is a level reserved in hell for you. LIAR!
@Jdshald It's "different" that Lucas, the Starbuck's sitting and knitting fatso Jabba that he is, LIED about an ALL BLACK CAST! No sir! It is not "different".
@Iliveintherealworld ok i guess thats true in hindsight but is it really that important that it is an all black cast? Ruining star wars seems like more of a crime.
This is truly a perfect ending. Why? The heroes get to celebrate for once! They made their final victory, and we get to see them actually being HAPPY for once. The song is awesome, shows the true simplicity and power of the greatest heroes in the galaxy partying it up with the most unlikely of supporters. The vestiges of the empire continue to fight after the battle of Endor, so there would not have been galaxy wide celebrations so soon. This ending is great, and I'm glad I still have it on VHS.
*sigh* guys, this isn't a "dinky" ending. There's this thing called an emotional climax. After that was all over we had plenty of falling action: Vader and Luke talk without the mask on, Luke escapes the death star... it blows up, the other plots wrap up... and then Luke burns up Vader's body and puts it all to rest. It doesn't make no sense to have the other planets celebrating. IT JUST HAPPENED. it'll take years to undo the damage of the empire. This was about the victory of Endor.
Yub nub eee chop yub nub ah toe meet toe pee-chee keene g'noop dock fling oh ah Coatee chah tu yub nub coatee chah tu yahwah coatee chah tu glowah allay loo ta nuv Glowah eee chop glowah ya glowah pee chu nee foam ah toot dee awe goon daa Coatee cha tu goo (Yub nub!) coatee cha tu doo (Yahwah!) coatee cha tu too (Ya chaa!)
This ending, without the ridiculous changes George makes, is so much more fitting and appropriate. To all you haters: yub nub rules, and the prequels SUCK.
I actually had never seen this ending before either, since the first version I watched had the other song in it. Thanks for posting it though, I actually liked it! I'm not sure if I like it better, but it's cute.
I think this is the first time Lucas made a change that was better. This song is fine, and I'm sure it meant alot to those who saw the originals in theater, but the celebration song is alot better.
Its like editing a piece of art. The original was beautiful and perfect just the way it was. Nothing should have been changed including this final scene.
It's weird because I know that I saw this as a child yet I don't remember it. I remember the original, scarier, beak-less sarlacc so I know I saw this version of RotJ. Oh well. I vastly prefer the 1997 ending that cuts out the Yub Nub song. I don't know if it's because this is ripped from a VHS, but I don't get the same epic sense of conclusion that I do from the special edition.
I'v never actualy seen this ending before i'v got all the star war dvds but when i watch the end of this it's anakin from episode 1,2 and 3,so thanx for posting this andiblack.
Thank you for posting this. I'm so not a SW geek but when I heard on Diggnation that Lucas had removed this, it kind of sent me over the edge. I was a wee child when this came out and I remember dancing around singing the Yub Nub song. Why would anyone change it? Agreed on Sebastian Shaw being kept as ghost Anakin.
It's not all about consistency, George. A child wouldn't get the difference and every serious adult fan would and wonder, WHAT IS THIS?
You really feel this ending everyone comming together again. The new ending while good on paper and looks good.. It lacks the emtion that this ending gives you
I don't mind the Yub Nub ending but kind of like the longer Special Edition one more with the exception of Hayden replacing Sebastian Shaw. The newer ending makes it feel more like the conclusion of an epic. Plus there's more footage of the celebration. In my opinion Yub Nub is too short of a conclusion to the Star Wars saga. But George should give us the option of seeing either version of the film so we can watch it with either ending.
See this ending feels more canon to me... Tatooine in in Hutt space, and the rest are still held under Imperial control... this focuses more on the Battle of Endor being a Win for the Rebels... the new ending completely over looks the Rogue Squadron novels that tell of the fight to take back the Galaxy and restore the republic... I mean the new ending is as if the Grand Moffs just said, "Well they killed the Emperor. Everyone turn over you weapons and spaceships."
@samuraiasasassin21 Ah, but the simplicity of this one gives the feeling of a new beginning. It's a breathe of fresh air from the amazing contemporary score. Furthermore, the way it builds with the contemporary instruments & chorus and merges into the end credits... purely epic.
This music and this ending churn up so many wonderful childhood memories that it's ridiculous...STAR WARS has been a part of my life since I was barely a toddler. These movies are some of the best things that ever happened to me as a kid.
it is because yub nub has more energy than the 1997 ending music. when you keep the song that has more energy in the ending of the climatic chapter of the star wars saga, it would make this a cliffhnager.
@joshjhutton WHY? because it's horrible, after winning a great victory and restoring peace to the galaxy the new song fits more coz it brings more harmony and salvation to the ending instead of this drug party song
It's important to note that Lando is dancing along with the music. If you watch him in the background his little dance doesn't quite fit to the new one track. It only fits during the end shot, but only just.
I'm in the generation that grew up with the 1997 VHS with new music (old Anakin though!) I think given its context, this is cute - certainly fits with the ewoks - though I think the orchestral version fits well when you see the whole galaxy celebrating (from added clips, of course), instead of just ewoks
I don't get how anyone can like the new version. The Ewoks are supposed to be a primitive culture and the original song suits that scenario much better than the smooth jazz crap that doesn't even match the picture. It looks ridiculous to see Ewoks hitting drums comepletely out of sync with the audio.
The bizarre message that starts flashing at 2:21 apparently is unique to the German rental version of ROTJ, advertising a trailer for the "Ewoks" TV show that plays after the end credits as an extra.
Why they decided to interrupt the movie with this message instead of announcing it in the "previews/coming attractions" section of the tape is beyond me. Totally weird, that.
When I saw the new version, I yelled at the screen and immediately had to look-up and re-watch this one. All of the new changes suck, but the "new ending" has to be the worst.
When I saw the new version, I yelled at the screen and immediately had to look-up and re-watch this one. All of the new changes suck, but the "new ending" has to be the worst.
I don't mind the changes in the special editions and the blu ray release. This song grew on me throughout the years. It's hard to watch the ending without the original celebration song.
But I especially dislike how they changed Anakin's spirit. It made no sense. He already switched back before he died. It's not like they replaced Obi Wan or Yoda's spirits with stock footage from Revenge of the Sith.
Luke is probably like "who in the blue hell is that kid" in the recent releases.
lmao it's funny how that for Darth Vader's funeral they lit him on fire..cuz thats where he really wants to be anywhere near fire again after burning alive XD
It fits the mood better? Are you people deranged? The music doesn't sync up at all in the new version and it's barely celebratory music. THIS is a celebration.
hey guys if you buy the Star Wars 6 disk trilogy the first disk does have the new crappy version but the "bonus features" disk has the original version on it
I'll side with the crowd who prefers this to the new ending they replaced it with. You have the surviving rebels celebrating with an indigenous people who are quite primitive. Yeah, sorry George, but that means they don't have access to a full orchestra's worth of instruments, and chances are their music is probably as primitive as they are.
And yeah, Sebastian Shaw should have been kept as ghost Anakin.
@Ruisu7 yes if they replaced sebastan shaw as hayden christensen why they didnt replaced obi wand as ewan mcgregor too?sebastian shaw should stayed and this music too,Lucas lost his sense for film in his old days.
i had never seen this ending before and i love it. come on lucas i want to see the original cut of your films! here's a solution, Lucas you obviously won't stop changing these scenes okay, so go nuts but do what Ridley Scott did for the Blade Runner Blu-Ray it had like 5 cuts on there, so seriously just make your little changes but give us an higher definition version of your ORIGINAL untouched films....please Lucas please.
Not having that choral piece blend seamlessly and beautifully into the main Star Wars Theme is absolutely criminal. George, I love ya man. But put it back in the damn movie. Put it back!
The only thing I hate about the new version is the fact that they put Hayden Christensen, I mean, seriously, Anakin came back to the good side so why put the young him instead of the older him? Don't tell me "to put his Jedi self" because he came back to the light side when he threw the Emperor off the platform...
@ux92 Well there was no older Anakin. He never existed as anyone older than Hayden Christensen except in his mangled form that required the Darth Vader mask, etc. So the only whole being for him to "return" to was as Hayden. I always assumed the Anakin seen in this video was who he was _before_ he became Vader, and that was rewritten in the prequels.
@oisact On the contrary, I assumed Darth Vader throwing the Emperor off the platform was Anakin's comeback to the Light Side, thereby leaving the name of Darth Vader behind.
If he had survived I bet he'd introduce himself as "Anakin" again :P
@JakayBalay202 There's nothing confusing about Star Wars. I understood the story and characters when I was twelve and I wasn't a hardcore fan back then. Still not one yet. You can either watch episodes 123 which are prequels or the original trilogy which are episodes 456, which in reality are the first ones made, but since Lucas wanted to redo the story and take it to the past, they count as later episodes. You can watch either trilogy and understand the story.
I always imagine what happens after that bit where Leia and Luke walk away together. "So Luke, remember when we kissed? Let's not talk about that again....."
I love this ending and the song, is so happy and full of energy and i don't like the ewoks that much. The moment when Anakin appears along yoda and Obi Wan is very touching, you see a father figure and a nice person, the complete opposite of Darth Vader and Hayden Christensen, i have nothing against the guy but his Anakin is a pansy.
-I prefer the tune of the new song, It has more emotion, but if George kept the original it would have been better, because we would never have experienced the new one, therefore we wouldn't miss it if it went
-I prefer Sebastian Shaw instead of Hayden. But I suppose that George was just looking to the future and wanted a more reckognisable face. However, the audience has just watched the whole film, so they would reckognise sebastians face.
the new song is fucking gay..... the should've stayed with the original. Not to mention the mistake of having Hayden Christiansen as a young Anakin in the new ending as well, they might as well have changed Obi-Wan to Ewan McGregor while they were at it. Doesn't make sense. Like, at all.
Why did they change the end theme music? I think its cuter anyway and when you watch the new movie the ewoks playing the drums, etc. aren't in sync with anything :(
This is meant to be the climax of the biggest movie saga (and franchise) of all time and this pathetic nonsensical drivel is all they could come up with! The end of New Hope was more climactic. The remastered version of this is INFINITELY better; it's not even a subjective issue.
lol @ people who like that horrendous new one better. not only are we reminded of how cartoony Lucas made star wars, but we're forced to see that pitiful, thespian wannabe, Hayden Christensen.
@zscman122 yah the only thing good about remastered is music, but than again the old music is more nostalgic. I grew up with the prequels but i did not appreciate hayden replacing the original actor for the ending.... but it wasnt his choice it was all george X_X
i know this is the original ending but before this video i only ever watched the restored ending which is amazing this version is rubbish if you ask me the music is not as good as the restored version and well just not as good
@Odor66 They put the younger version of Anakin, shown in the "newer" Star Wars, because that was what he looked like before he went to the dark side. They wanted Luke and the viewer to see that Luke saw his father as a changed man and that he was still a Jedi and not a Sith. :)
@xBinskix Sorry but how is that bad? I can understand hating on Lucas' changes like young Anakin's ghost and the other stuff but the Victory Celebration is a great piece of music by John Williams. I personally prefer it. Oh no, now I'm not a loyal Star Wars geek am I? I mean come on! Hate on Lucas' changes but don't diss John Williams
Why hate on George Lucas? He made the film that we love and it's his to do whatever he wants to, I just personally like the old version better, to each his own, film is art and art is always open for interpretation nobody is right and if you like the John Williams version better than great.............but I know of at least 40 people that don't...not that that means anything though.
@xBinskix Well yeah I'm grateful that he gave us these films and the Indy films. But altering them in every few years and not even offering us the originals to buy is why I hate him. I mean I love the original version of ET. Spielberg changed it but at least he offered us the older version on DVD. George Lucas believes that he's always right about everything and that others can't make their own decisions. If they were given the choice, I'm sure most people would buy the pre-1997 versions
@xBinskix I hate every other change made by Lucas but I will admit but I must admit I do prefer the new version when it comes to the end. It just fits the mood more.
@bloodmercs Agreed. While this one will always have its place in film history and will always retain its own charm, the updated ending and, in particular, the new score that John Williams composed do far, far greater justice to the film. It gives a much stronger sense that the rebellion not only won the battle, they finally freed the galaxy. And the updated score is a much, much better followup to the solemnity of Anakin's funeral.
oh lord. I love the revised one instead of this yub nub. the song in the revised kinda makes me teary lol because the saga ending and would have like to see more.
I guess that it's because I grew up with the 1997 but... no, that one from 1997 is totally more epic and fits a lot better the Grand Finale of this Space Opera. This is... cute, the other one is fucking epic.
Regardless the inconsistencies, this ending with the Ewoks singing is so much better than the redub that Lucas ought to be ashamed of himself...that is coming from a kid who saw the original at age 6 and stood in line 23 times to watch Jedi during the summer of its release. George...give your fans some cred and stop making the anti hollywood film into the worst HW action sequence ever...<3
Cancrizans 3 days ago
They're both ok, but putting back in Whiny Anakin into the ending was just wrong.
TheSonicsean 4 days ago
This one is silly. You don't end a movie with this.
RandomDetritus 5 days ago
I liked the newer one better, because it's all triumphant and stuff, but this one isn't bad either.
parazit43v3r 5 days ago
I listened to an interview with George Lucas about his new movie "Red Tails". In said interview (it was on NPR) George Lucas the memory killing fat cat that he is said and I quote. "Red Tails was a hard movie to find a distribution company because of the ALL BLACK CAST." All black cast? In the trailer there are white guys all over the screen.
Lucas you are a god damned fake. And you are a bad story teller. There is a level reserved in hell for you. LIAR!
Iliveintherealworld 1 week ago
@Iliveintherealworld he tried to get the movie made in 1988. now it is different.
Jdshald 6 days ago
@Jdshald It's "different" that Lucas, the Starbuck's sitting and knitting fatso Jabba that he is, LIED about an ALL BLACK CAST! No sir! It is not "different".
Iliveintherealworld 6 days ago
@Iliveintherealworld ok i guess thats true in hindsight but is it really that important that it is an all black cast? Ruining star wars seems like more of a crime.
Jdshald 6 days ago
@Jdshald Touche!
Iliveintherealworld 6 days ago
This is truly a perfect ending. Why? The heroes get to celebrate for once! They made their final victory, and we get to see them actually being HAPPY for once. The song is awesome, shows the true simplicity and power of the greatest heroes in the galaxy partying it up with the most unlikely of supporters. The vestiges of the empire continue to fight after the battle of Endor, so there would not have been galaxy wide celebrations so soon. This ending is great, and I'm glad I still have it on VHS.
ShadeStar64 1 week ago
@ShadeStar64 I envy you my VHS copy was eaten by my old machine. C'est la vie I guess, but thank goodness for youtube showing the original version.
Gennehsymm 5 days ago
I don't think either of the endings are very fitting
wrthgdrver710 1 week ago
*sigh* guys, this isn't a "dinky" ending. There's this thing called an emotional climax. After that was all over we had plenty of falling action: Vader and Luke talk without the mask on, Luke escapes the death star... it blows up, the other plots wrap up... and then Luke burns up Vader's body and puts it all to rest. It doesn't make no sense to have the other planets celebrating. IT JUST HAPPENED. it'll take years to undo the damage of the empire. This was about the victory of Endor.
michaelandjennyshow 1 week ago
yub yub ewok yo yub yub lyrics to the yb tub song
thejusticeavengers1 1 week ago
i knew it was fucking old vadar who appears at the end in the original version, not freaking hayden christensen.
i see what you did there, lucas.
LugerCreations 1 week ago
The new ending isn't as awesome in my opinion. I prefer this, I grew up on this version and it's cute!
xjedixwarriorx 1 week ago
this song was removed?
cajunbrit 2 weeks ago
Zhqrxt 2 weeks ago
I like the new song better
jkmj33 3 weeks ago
This ending, without the ridiculous changes George makes, is so much more fitting and appropriate. To all you haters: yub nub rules, and the prequels SUCK.
fancynancyINC 3 weeks ago 12
I prefer the new song has more emotions...
HippyVeterano 3 weeks ago
Episode IV came first. It's just good parenting.
nintendork2001 4 weeks ago
Awesome.....and German!!!
yarekhunt 1 month ago
it's been so long since i head this one...
sith4life 1 month ago
Shouldn't Luke be in the nearest burn ward?!?!
shaunmalley 1 month ago
Best version since it doesn't have Hayden Christensen grafted on to it
fadookie 1 month ago
I actually had never seen this ending before either, since the first version I watched had the other song in it. Thanks for posting it though, I actually liked it! I'm not sure if I like it better, but it's cute.
kiomori 1 month ago
1:19 "Det luktar flingor här"
Bananaskidmark 1 month ago 2
I think this is the first time Lucas made a change that was better. This song is fine, and I'm sure it meant alot to those who saw the originals in theater, but the celebration song is alot better.
Kcazbarach 1 month ago
Its like editing a piece of art. The original was beautiful and perfect just the way it was. Nothing should have been changed including this final scene.
yobmang123 2 months ago
It's weird because I know that I saw this as a child yet I don't remember it. I remember the original, scarier, beak-less sarlacc so I know I saw this version of RotJ. Oh well. I vastly prefer the 1997 ending that cuts out the Yub Nub song. I don't know if it's because this is ripped from a VHS, but I don't get the same epic sense of conclusion that I do from the special edition.
Mainstream05 2 months ago
Wow, I feel weird reading that people have never seen this ending before. Not sure how I feel about that.
xXxThr33xXx 2 months ago 2
I'v never actualy seen this ending before i'v got all the star war dvds but when i watch the end of this it's anakin from episode 1,2 and 3,so thanx for posting this andiblack.
CaDpr0ducti0ns 2 months ago
Thank you for posting this. I'm so not a SW geek but when I heard on Diggnation that Lucas had removed this, it kind of sent me over the edge. I was a wee child when this came out and I remember dancing around singing the Yub Nub song. Why would anyone change it? Agreed on Sebastian Shaw being kept as ghost Anakin.
It's not all about consistency, George. A child wouldn't get the difference and every serious adult fan would and wonder, WHAT IS THIS?
And really, it's the Yub Nub song!!
princessssjenna1 2 months ago
I don't mind the Ewoks but frankly this song doesn't even sound like it's coming from Ewok voices.
RevengeOfTheKaizer 2 months ago
Besides Sebastian Shaw as the ghost, I miss Luke's wink at 2:15 the most.
StarWarsEdits 2 months ago
I think this is OSSOM.
DasHinchen 2 months ago
1:39 and 1:47 those Ewoks are very happy. That makes me happy too.
frank6717 2 months ago
You really feel this ending everyone comming together again. The new ending while good on paper and looks good.. It lacks the emtion that this ending gives you
Irishloveprince 2 months ago
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alecfras 2 months ago 3
I don't mind the Yub Nub ending but kind of like the longer Special Edition one more with the exception of Hayden replacing Sebastian Shaw. The newer ending makes it feel more like the conclusion of an epic. Plus there's more footage of the celebration. In my opinion Yub Nub is too short of a conclusion to the Star Wars saga. But George should give us the option of seeing either version of the film so we can watch it with either ending.
JSL79 2 months ago
I like the original far better than the new one. And, that also goes for the original trilogy versus the remastered version.
Dac719 2 months ago
ewoks know how to party
KingsInCages 2 months ago
The 1997 ending was the best. The new song at the end makes me kinda teary eyed.
prisonernumber24601 2 months ago
See this ending feels more canon to me... Tatooine in in Hutt space, and the rest are still held under Imperial control... this focuses more on the Battle of Endor being a Win for the Rebels... the new ending completely over looks the Rogue Squadron novels that tell of the fight to take back the Galaxy and restore the republic... I mean the new ending is as if the Grand Moffs just said, "Well they killed the Emperor. Everyone turn over you weapons and spaceships."
FenThing 3 months ago
the other song was a lot more satisfying and heartwarming than this one
samuraiasasassin21 3 months ago
@samuraiasasassin21 Ah, but the simplicity of this one gives the feeling of a new beginning. It's a breathe of fresh air from the amazing contemporary score. Furthermore, the way it builds with the contemporary instruments & chorus and merges into the end credits... purely epic.
Exofluke 3 months ago
I prefer this song but enjoy the newer footage version.
Exofluke 3 months ago
In the new ending, Coruscant is shown.
Coruscant, by the way, has nothing to do with the original story. Ever.
On Coruscant, not even a massive scale war changed a damn thing. Isn't it so dramatic when a war does nothing to a civilization at home?
Oh, wait...
So why the hell do I care about Coruscant? Left to its own devices, nothing happens. They build a statue. Then they tear it down. That's about it.
XanceMRevola 3 months ago
This music and this ending churn up so many wonderful childhood memories that it's ridiculous...STAR WARS has been a part of my life since I was barely a toddler. These movies are some of the best things that ever happened to me as a kid.
TheDarthEddie 3 months ago
wow, im so glad he changed the music and added the other planets to the ending here. this ending is soo dinky!
Blupearl2003 3 months ago
I like both endings but changing Sebastian Shaw was silly
dragondisaster 3 months ago
I concur with others who think that this older ending with only ewoks and without hayden christensen is better.
baatso 3 months ago 4
The new version sucks a dick.
Maafa1619 3 months ago 2
...honestly, the 'other' ending, with all movie planets showed is muuuch better than this
Hordeman89 3 months ago
When I watch the end I always feel a tingling sensation in the body: D
Toni112007 3 months ago
to hell with all the re edited changes. I'm a star wars purist. if it wasn't in the original theatrical version, then I want no part of it.
zikten 3 months ago
@VongolaAQW223 yeah okay right after you suck my cock
birdmanswag 3 months ago
Miss that song. Why George? WHY?
joshjhutton 3 months ago 43
@joshjhutton Because George Lucas has gone to the Dark Side. He's twisted and evil!!!
Haunted00Horse 2 months ago
@Haunted00Horse No, there's still good in him, I know it. The media hasn't driven it from him fully.
joshjhutton 2 months ago
@joshjhutton the climax up to just where the credits started was awesome! the other version sucks in comparison
aidyspady999 1 month ago
@joshjhutton
it is because yub nub has more energy than the 1997 ending music. when you keep the song that has more energy in the ending of the climatic chapter of the star wars saga, it would make this a cliffhnager.
tmMcHugh 2 weeks ago
@joshjhutton WHY? because it's horrible, after winning a great victory and restoring peace to the galaxy the new song fits more coz it brings more harmony and salvation to the ending instead of this drug party song
Sigurjonsig 1 week ago
YUB NUB!!!!!
Zdub212 3 months ago
@pittrr66 congratulations!!!! You have just made one of the stupidest statements ever said by a human being.
Jak2star 4 months ago
Why reedit if you can remake it george lucas? so people can either prefer the nice and shiny remakes or the vintage originals.
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thelordvaderman 4 months ago
Greedo shooting first doesn't bug me.
CG-ing everything doesn't really bug me.
Adding Hayden Christensen doesn't bug me.
They changed the celebration song and that makes me RRRRRRRRAAAAAAGGGGGEEEE!!!!!!!!!
AgentISH 4 months ago
this is a billion times better than the new one. Anyone who prefers the new versions is either too young, on crack, or both.
dannyisapunk 4 months ago
BOOO. special edition song is way better! dont care if this is original.
Redmilitiageneral 4 months ago
The Special Edition ending of Jedi for me is the most offensive thing GL changed in all of the Trilogy... .... fuck its awful
Wedge4Life 4 months ago
F'ing horrible!! Best thing GL ever did was get rid of dopey song that ruined the end of the trilogy.
thesithempire 4 months ago
It's important to note that Lando is dancing along with the music. If you watch him in the background his little dance doesn't quite fit to the new one track. It only fits during the end shot, but only just.
Loosecrewproductions 4 months ago
Yeah! No Hayden Christensen ending!
ChildofYeshua777 4 months ago
i like the new ending more,it just goes better with the ending than this
JocaBrate94 4 months ago
Fix your tracking dude
Paulie1980 4 months ago
I'm in the generation that grew up with the 1997 VHS with new music (old Anakin though!) I think given its context, this is cute - certainly fits with the ewoks - though I think the orchestral version fits well when you see the whole galaxy celebrating (from added clips, of course), instead of just ewoks
grapesofwraith1066 4 months ago 15
@grapesofwraith1066 Too bad all those people celebrating on Coruscant were killed then?
mrjadexxxxxxx 1 week ago
I don't get how anyone can like the new version. The Ewoks are supposed to be a primitive culture and the original song suits that scenario much better than the smooth jazz crap that doesn't even match the picture. It looks ridiculous to see Ewoks hitting drums comepletely out of sync with the audio.
chubstheclown 4 months ago
who the hell is that guy stasndin next to yoda
1065chris 4 months ago
@1065chris It's Anakin/Vader.
chubstheclown 4 months ago
The bizarre message that starts flashing at 2:21 apparently is unique to the German rental version of ROTJ, advertising a trailer for the "Ewoks" TV show that plays after the end credits as an extra.
Why they decided to interrupt the movie with this message instead of announcing it in the "previews/coming attractions" section of the tape is beyond me. Totally weird, that.
GoldashTV 4 months ago
Star Wars for the win !!!!!!!!!
oliver6905 4 months ago
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When I saw the new version, I yelled at the screen and immediately had to look-up and re-watch this one. All of the new changes suck, but the "new ending" has to be the worst.
shnookems 4 months ago
When I saw the new version, I yelled at the screen and immediately had to look-up and re-watch this one. All of the new changes suck, but the "new ending" has to be the worst.
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OhOhLookAtThis 4 months ago
I don't mind the changes in the special editions and the blu ray release. This song grew on me throughout the years. It's hard to watch the ending without the original celebration song.
But I especially dislike how they changed Anakin's spirit. It made no sense. He already switched back before he died. It's not like they replaced Obi Wan or Yoda's spirits with stock footage from Revenge of the Sith.
Luke is probably like "who in the blue hell is that kid" in the recent releases.
MisterMeddle 4 months ago 2
lmao it's funny how that for Darth Vader's funeral they lit him on fire..cuz thats where he really wants to be anywhere near fire again after burning alive XD
MrZipitup69 4 months ago
i find this ending to be FAR superior to all the other versions. this is how it SHOULD be
GoddessOfWhim2003 4 months ago
Man this sounds so corny now...........
SuperMicklovin 4 months ago
@SuperMicklovin Compared to even cornier smooth jazz?
chubstheclown 4 months ago
@chubstheclown I prefer the new song
SuperMicklovin 4 months ago
fail
birdmanswag 4 months ago
@birdmanswag Shut up docuhebag
VongolaAQW223 4 months ago
@birdmanswag Shut the fuck up and get a life
VongolaAQW223 4 months ago
Those ewoks have voices that sound like some professional Hollywood choir group.. it's amazing!
ElectricLuvz 4 months ago
John Williams and the Ewok Orcrstra, no, the music should sound Ewok not the bull we get today.
CapQuacer 4 months ago
I like the old version but cant stand this fucking song
WeTheFacade 4 months ago
I looked this up to see what the guy for anakin looked like. in the new ones they put in the anakin from return of the sith
BlackBelt288 4 months ago
It fits the mood better? Are you people deranged? The music doesn't sync up at all in the new version and it's barely celebratory music. THIS is a celebration.
Zdub212 4 months ago
i absolutely hate the new version, every time i watch episode 6 now i have to come on youtube just to watch the original ending
brdevans 4 months ago 3
This ending was all right but the new version was a better ending seeing more planets celebrate peace than just one.
Shadow6266 4 months ago
I grew up watching ROTJ with the original yub nub song. I hate that Lucas changed it.
WilcoHummingbird 4 months ago
can't wait for the blu-ray. then i got them on VHS, dvd and blu-ray.
herogna 4 months ago
hey guys if you buy the Star Wars 6 disk trilogy the first disk does have the new crappy version but the "bonus features" disk has the original version on it
TheFwordnewsnetework 4 months ago
I'll side with the crowd who prefers this to the new ending they replaced it with. You have the surviving rebels celebrating with an indigenous people who are quite primitive. Yeah, sorry George, but that means they don't have access to a full orchestra's worth of instruments, and chances are their music is probably as primitive as they are.
And yeah, Sebastian Shaw should have been kept as ghost Anakin.
Ruisu7 4 months ago 24
@Ruisu7 yes if they replaced sebastan shaw as hayden christensen why they didnt replaced obi wand as ewan mcgregor too?sebastian shaw should stayed and this music too,Lucas lost his sense for film in his old days.
Toni112007 3 months ago
@Ruisu7 he lost his mind....
therealvaliantthor 3 months ago
i had never seen this ending before and i love it. come on lucas i want to see the original cut of your films! here's a solution, Lucas you obviously won't stop changing these scenes okay, so go nuts but do what Ridley Scott did for the Blade Runner Blu-Ray it had like 5 cuts on there, so seriously just make your little changes but give us an higher definition version of your ORIGINAL untouched films....please Lucas please.
SpencerRianBacon 4 months ago
I have no love for the Lucas' needless revisions, but...I have always fucking hated Yub Nub.
evilemperordude 5 months ago
Please tell me someone has covered this at some point. My imagination is telling me that this could sound amazing if done right.
ElNingyou 5 months ago
all the star wars movies are amazing new and old, buuut nothing beats the old
Cvoldseth 5 months ago
wesa free!!
KingOfCinjea 5 months ago
this is my all-time favorite movie!
matrixleader 5 months ago
New Star Wars movies and CGI edition = HERESY
yeclix 5 months ago
This IS my Star Wars!
Death2Fanboys 5 months ago 2
Not having that choral piece blend seamlessly and beautifully into the main Star Wars Theme is absolutely criminal. George, I love ya man. But put it back in the damn movie. Put it back!
johnjnukemsheridan 5 months ago
The only thing I hate about the new version is the fact that they put Hayden Christensen, I mean, seriously, Anakin came back to the good side so why put the young him instead of the older him? Don't tell me "to put his Jedi self" because he came back to the light side when he threw the Emperor off the platform...
ux92 5 months ago
@ux92 Well there was no older Anakin. He never existed as anyone older than Hayden Christensen except in his mangled form that required the Darth Vader mask, etc. So the only whole being for him to "return" to was as Hayden. I always assumed the Anakin seen in this video was who he was _before_ he became Vader, and that was rewritten in the prequels.
oisact 5 months ago
@oisact On the contrary, I assumed Darth Vader throwing the Emperor off the platform was Anakin's comeback to the Light Side, thereby leaving the name of Darth Vader behind.
If he had survived I bet he'd introduce himself as "Anakin" again :P
ux92 5 months ago
star wars is too confusing, i dont understand what episodes are what and who is who and what the heck is going on
JakayBalay202 5 months ago
@JakayBalay202 There's nothing confusing about Star Wars. I understood the story and characters when I was twelve and I wasn't a hardcore fan back then. Still not one yet. You can either watch episodes 123 which are prequels or the original trilogy which are episodes 456, which in reality are the first ones made, but since Lucas wanted to redo the story and take it to the past, they count as later episodes. You can watch either trilogy and understand the story.
CHRISGT34 5 months ago
The new song is also very good, it's just that I grew with this version. You can't change things like that...
Feralbreed 5 months ago 2
Whoever is singing, it clearly isn't the Ewoks.
RevengeOfTheKaizer 5 months ago
This song is obnoxious... never mind. I'll take Hayden Christiansen
AltoYourClef 5 months ago
@AltoYourClef Try the 1997 SE. It has the new song and no Hayden.
RevengeOfTheKaizer 5 months ago
I always imagine what happens after that bit where Leia and Luke walk away together. "So Luke, remember when we kissed? Let's not talk about that again....."
Metallideth1993 5 months ago 4
@Metallideth1993 lol thats gotta be the most embarassing moment ever
TripleG2009 5 months ago
it's all about jaja binks!
Ambrozay3 5 months ago
Anakain....Looks very very very weird...
peter555777444 5 months ago
YES!
XStormHail 6 months ago
I like the new version, but I prefer the old version more
NationalVideoWatcher 6 months ago 38
I love this ending and the song, is so happy and full of energy and i don't like the ewoks that much. The moment when Anakin appears along yoda and Obi Wan is very touching, you see a father figure and a nice person, the complete opposite of Darth Vader and Hayden Christensen, i have nothing against the guy but his Anakin is a pansy.
F**k the haters and the prequels fans.
juan120 6 months ago 3
@juan120 The prequels must have been too complex for you. I don't see how Return of the Jedi is much better.
Jacone10 5 months ago
damn george lucas to hell for cutting this music out of the newer editions of the dvd!!!!
xcmx138 6 months ago 2
I've always hated the Ewoks, and wut the hell does Yub Nub mean, anyway?
hulkmeister23 6 months ago
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TheMotionMan112 6 months ago
@hulkmeister23 Freedom.
yaaaaaaaaaaaarghhh 4 months ago
You can shave your Yub Nub for me to, whoa ha ho hoy! - Family Guy.
Kiwii156 6 months ago
Ha, haa, haaah! (amp, don't be too naIve!) Heyeaih!
Solyans 6 months ago in playlist allRebelsDestroyed
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Solyans 6 months ago
-I prefer the tune of the new song, It has more emotion, but if George kept the original it would have been better, because we would never have experienced the new one, therefore we wouldn't miss it if it went
-I prefer Sebastian Shaw instead of Hayden. But I suppose that George was just looking to the future and wanted a more reckognisable face. However, the audience has just watched the whole film, so they would reckognise sebastians face.
To sum up:
-New song is great
-Hayden is not
theone225 6 months ago 2
@theone225 So watch the 1997 Special Edition. It has the new song and no Hayden.
DarthRushy 6 months ago
@DarthRushy Yes, I know, that's the only one I like watching lol
theone225 6 months ago
@theone225 What about the Emperor Palpatine scene in Episode V, which version do you watch there?
DarthRushy 6 months ago
the new song is fucking gay..... the should've stayed with the original. Not to mention the mistake of having Hayden Christiansen as a young Anakin in the new ending as well, they might as well have changed Obi-Wan to Ewan McGregor while they were at it. Doesn't make sense. Like, at all.
DonCorleone87 6 months ago
Why did they change the end theme music? I think its cuter anyway and when you watch the new movie the ewoks playing the drums, etc. aren't in sync with anything :(
cakoley 6 months ago
thumbs up if you think ewoks are hot.. just saying
canihaverecord 6 months ago
thanks for uploading the original version!
lukasgroot 6 months ago
Return of the Jedi is the best space film ever made. .but pan and scan sucks. .nevertheless. .Thank you for uploading this!
yastunt 6 months ago
This is meant to be the climax of the biggest movie saga (and franchise) of all time and this pathetic nonsensical drivel is all they could come up with! The end of New Hope was more climactic. The remastered version of this is INFINITELY better; it's not even a subjective issue.
wat870 6 months ago
Devote your life to the rebellion- receive not as much as an afterthought when you are killed
Devote your life to the destruction of the rebellion- get a fancy funeral when you die
IrishGodThe4th 6 months ago
schalten sie noch nicht ab
DIE EWOKS KOMMEN...
Talk about forboding!
frostytheaussie 6 months ago
lol @ people who like that horrendous new one better. not only are we reminded of how cartoony Lucas made star wars, but we're forced to see that pitiful, thespian wannabe, Hayden Christensen.
zscman122 6 months ago
@zscman122 The only good thing from the remastered version is the music.
pirox1234 6 months ago
@zscman122 yah the only thing good about remastered is music, but than again the old music is more nostalgic. I grew up with the prequels but i did not appreciate hayden replacing the original actor for the ending.... but it wasnt his choice it was all george X_X
gamemystro 6 months ago
i know this is the original ending but before this video i only ever watched the restored ending which is amazing this version is rubbish if you ask me the music is not as good as the restored version and well just not as good
MrWillboy91 6 months ago
Im glad they changed the ending
columbine14 6 months ago
1:25 wait, I thought Luke tossed his lightsaber down the pit on the Death Star?
Gyarretto7 6 months ago
@Gyarretto7 Nope, he tossed it to the floor, aside. I imagine he later had it fly to his belt while he dragged Vader to the shuttle. ;)
MarkusRamikin 6 months ago
@Odor66 They put the younger version of Anakin, shown in the "newer" Star Wars, because that was what he looked like before he went to the dark side. They wanted Luke and the viewer to see that Luke saw his father as a changed man and that he was still a Jedi and not a Sith. :)
topboy21 6 months ago
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WAY BETTER SONG
ween0 6 months ago
@Odor66 lame
muthemasphate 7 months ago
This has been flagged as spam show
just finished watching it!!!
1234everbs 7 months ago
I discovered I was getting old by finding out that people actually like the new version better...fucking blasphemy man
xBinskix 7 months ago 78
@xBinskix yea it sucks. it took me forever to find this on top of things.
L8P8 5 months ago
@xBinskix screw the CGI crap
skaterboi568 5 months ago
@xBinskix Sorry but how is that bad? I can understand hating on Lucas' changes like young Anakin's ghost and the other stuff but the Victory Celebration is a great piece of music by John Williams. I personally prefer it. Oh no, now I'm not a loyal Star Wars geek am I? I mean come on! Hate on Lucas' changes but don't diss John Williams
joevictor53 5 months ago
Why hate on George Lucas? He made the film that we love and it's his to do whatever he wants to, I just personally like the old version better, to each his own, film is art and art is always open for interpretation nobody is right and if you like the John Williams version better than great.............but I know of at least 40 people that don't...not that that means anything though.
xBinskix 5 months ago
@xBinskix Well yeah I'm grateful that he gave us these films and the Indy films. But altering them in every few years and not even offering us the originals to buy is why I hate him. I mean I love the original version of ET. Spielberg changed it but at least he offered us the older version on DVD. George Lucas believes that he's always right about everything and that others can't make their own decisions. If they were given the choice, I'm sure most people would buy the pre-1997 versions
joevictor53 5 months ago 2
@xBinskix I hate every other change made by Lucas but I will admit but I must admit I do prefer the new version when it comes to the end. It just fits the mood more.
bloodmercs 4 months ago 2
@bloodmercs Agreed. While this one will always have its place in film history and will always retain its own charm, the updated ending and, in particular, the new score that John Williams composed do far, far greater justice to the film. It gives a much stronger sense that the rebellion not only won the battle, they finally freed the galaxy. And the updated score is a much, much better followup to the solemnity of Anakin's funeral.
KeizerXilian 4 months ago
@KeizerXilian So people play smooth jazz when they free galaxies? That's news to me.
chubstheclown 4 months ago
@xBinskix i love all the star wars
onecrazyfucker 4 months ago
oh lord. I love the revised one instead of this yub nub. the song in the revised kinda makes me teary lol because the saga ending and would have like to see more.
chitosworld010 7 months ago
I guess that it's because I grew up with the 1997 but... no, that one from 1997 is totally more epic and fits a lot better the Grand Finale of this Space Opera. This is... cute, the other one is fucking epic.
TrapnestShinigami 7 months ago