Originally posted by: patbuddha
A Force ghost does not have a physical reality. The way it appears to a living Jedi is a combination of the way the Jedi chooses to see it and the way the dead Jedi chooses to present himself. Anakin appears to Luke as his 22 year old self, the way he appeared just before he got burned up. This is the way he wants to be seen by Luke. He has been moved by the concept of his own metaphorical death, that little zinger Luke hit him with just before they went to see the Emperor.
A Force ghost does not have a physical reality. The way it appears to a living Jedi is a combination of the way the Jedi chooses to see it and the way the dead Jedi chooses to present himself. Anakin appears to Luke as his 22 year old self, the way he appeared just before he got burned up. This is the way he wants to be seen by Luke. He has been moved by the concept of his own metaphorical death, that little zinger Luke hit him with just before they went to see the Emperor.
You just contradicted yourself though. "The way it appears to a living Jedi is a combination of the way the Jedi chooses to see it and the way the dead Jedi chooses to present himself." Why would Luke see him that way if he'd never seen him that way before, and therefore had no idea that that's what Anakin looked like. If my saw my dad in the flesh when he was my age, I definitely wouldn't recognize him. So if the dead dad is gonna come back as a Force ghost, which makes more sense: the younger version, that only one of the two people has seen, or as the older version, which both people have seen?