mfastx said:
However, Shaw is just some random old dude who we've never seen before (don't tell me about how we saw him as Vader in the unmasking, I couldn't tell who the hell that was)
In that case, he's not 'some random old dude who we've never seen before', but 'some random old dude YOU'VE never seen'.
Shaw looks nothing like Anakin (who's supposed to look about 20 years younger).
The prequel trilogy version of Anakin, you mean.