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Post #1613481

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philraid
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Can we get some love for Yub Nub?
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21-Oct-2024, 2:10 PM

Some make the argument that people like Yub Nub because of the nostalgia, but that’s not the case for me. As a kid I saw the special editions first and I prefer Yub Nub. Granted, I didn’t like it the first time I heard it. It felt cheesy and out of place. It did grow on me the more times I watched the unaltered Return of the Jedi. I guess I’m just used to it now.

The reason I prefer it over Victory Celebration is for a few reasons. Victory Celebration sounds too melancholy. I prefer having a happier song to end things. I also really dislike the addition of the late 90’s CGI planets in the special edition. The crowds of people in them make the planets look really fake. It looks far too dated now and feels completely out of place in a movie from the early 80’s. It’s part of why the special editions don’t work, the changes do not feel consistent with the rest of the movies. I also am not a fan of changing Anakin’s ghost to Hayden Christensen. Nothing against Christensen, but it feels weird seeing him in the original trilogy and his facial expression is creepy.

Then again, I could see someone making the argument that Victory Celebration fits better with the prequels, but it doesn’t fit the original movies in my opinion.