"In these and many other cases, the performances of the actors are taken completely out of their original context. The actors could be following their directions to a T, and be giving the performance of their life, but if the scene is later drastically altered to create a new, unintended scene, then the performances suffer at the whim of the director."
For the side angle shot of the mask lowering onto Anakin face, it was actually a composite since Hayden Christensen had already been photographed in Sydney separately a year earlier. - STAR WARS HOMING BEACON - 2006-03-16 - Issue #157