timdiggerm said:

I really love the '97 celebration, but I've never felt that it fit the Ewok celebration visuals all that well. It wasn't until I heard the Ewok-voice version of Yub Nub that I realized how good Yub Nub could be...but it's inappropriate for the Galactic Celebration visuals and the ending is so bad.

I think so too. It is inconceivable that the Ewoks would have sung the Victory Celebration song.

Akratus said:

Personally I do not understand how you couldn't find the 1997 music edition far superior. It was even made by John Williams!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pNoEbGJsprI

The origin of the Victory Celebration was shown a few years ago when an animatic was leaked (or officially released?) that showed the concept for how the new ending in the 1997 SE version was going to be made. As its soundtrack, it had the theme from "500 Nations", which is a documentary about native north-americans' history.

There are some really obvious similarities from this song to the "Victory Celebration" that John Williams was asked to compose.

If I could find it now, I would have posted the concept video itself. It is on "Deleted Magic". 2008 thread.