Bingowings said:
It's an aspect of the story outside the film that I grew up with waiting for ESB between 1977 and 1980 (like knowing Vader needed the suit because of fighting Ben near a Volcano).
So having Anakin as a famous Jedi hero is something that was planted in my mind from an early age and remained there until the PT screwed it up.
Well, how so?
He WAS a famous Jedi hero until he fell, right? Sure, a douche, but did everyone in the galaxy know that?
A lot of famous artists, or generals or whatever, were douches in private, but the public generally doesn't mind.
Not to say that the prequels DIDN'T ruin a lot, but I don't think they ruined the continuity on this one. I mean, they got those videotapes of him killing babies, but then, as Plinkett points out - they could've taken this to the court, but didn't. So did the galaxy really learn about it?
But anyway, that's not the argument. It's not that Anakin was a well-known fighter pilot. It's that according to DarthJarJAr, EVERYONE IN THE REBELLION KNOWS HE BECAME DARTH VADER.
So did you have that in mind when gasping at the ESB reveal, eh? Eh?
And that's the problem with the his rewrite - it's there to solve a problem that isn't there in the first place, and is full or redundant redundancy itself.
"How do we make people keep Anakin in good memory? Everyone knows he's Vader, after all! Well, let's make Anakin assume Vader's identity after faling to the dark side!"
"No one knew about his turn, it already happened in secret".
"... WHY CONVOLUTED LOL??!1"
And I find it trying sometimes... irritating, time-consuming.. annoying... when they don't listen. ;)