One thing I’m not a fan of is a line that was changed in the hologram scene with the Emperor.
On the original (pre-Special Edition), Palpatine says, “The son of Skywalker must not become a Jedi.” This line was a little confusing to viewers because he had just got done saying, “We have a new enemy: Luke Skywalker.” It made me (and others) think that Palpatine was talking about the son of Luke Skywalker… like, what?
So on the Blu-ray release, one of the better changes (in my opinion) was that George Lucas went back and adjusted the line so that Palpatine says, “The son of Anakin Skywalker must not become a Jedi.” Makes this make so much more sense.
Adywan changed the line back to the original — why? I actually preferred the version on the Blu-ray release, and I think new viewers to The Empire Strikes Back would appreciate it as well. It is a confusing line.
I didn’t find it confusing. Luke’s father had already been mentioned in ANH, and it had been established that Vader and Skywalker senior had an acrimonious history. I actually liked that in Revisited Palpatine now says “YOUNG Skywalker”, making it more clear there are young and old Skywalkers.
Prior to the DVD edition, the name “Anakin” isn’t mentioned until Return of the Jedi (not counting the prequels, of course).
It sets things up nicely for the big reveal towards the end of ESB.