posted at starwars.com As a person who is 43 years old, I find it hiliarious how some of you think a person cannot look reasonably the same as they did at 45 as they did in their 20's. Look at Sean Penn, Doug Flutie, Madonna, Bon Jovi, etc. A lot of people who stay in good shape really don't change looks in that time, maybe a few wrinkles. My husband is 44 and looks exactly as he did 20 years ago except a few wrinkles, but you have to look real close. His hair is still the same, long, not thin, not grey, never dyed. Anakin as a Jedi in good shape could very likely have been like those stars I mentioned and not aged much had he not been burned. We don't see his face clearly enough to know if he has wrinkles or not, you can pretend he does and he is 'old' if it makes you happy !

But no, a fat 78 year old man is not a better representation of what his true self would have been. He was put there before the PT when we knew Vader turned young.

He does not fit anymore, now that we've 'met' and seen the real Anakin, it's actually a blooper, an anachronism, to have him there.

And also, Lucas has already explained that the reason for the change was that it was Anakin's inner self that he used to be that turned to the light, not the burned, scarred DV persona. And it's his story, so that's what is canon.

Also, who wants to go through the afterlife looking like Shaw when you could look like Hayden for eternity?

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It's things like these that nearly made me give up on the cause.