Sue me. I prefer both Lapti Nek and Yub Nub over the music they were replaced by in the SEs. Lapti Nek for me is a catchy 80s tune. Jedi Rocks barely qualifies as a terrible 90s song! Yub Nub, granted not that great either, is more upbeat and IMO fits the Victory vibe of the scene.
100% agree. The so-called “Victory Celebration” in the SEs isn’t a victory celebration at all. It’s like some generic New Age elevator muzak of the kind they would play in a spa. Totally bland and unoriginal. Doesn’t fit with the dancing or the celebrations at all. Say what you will about the Ewoks, but “Yub Nub” sounds like the kind of music they would be playing and it’s not half bad. The scene is literally designed to go with that song so it just seems weird to see the Ewoks running around “dancing” to the other song which is not even dance worthy. The whole thing is just off sync and then it even fails in its transition to the end credits whereas Yub Nub segues perfectly. Maybe it’s just nostalgia talking, but something about the melody of “Yub Nub” triggers a warm happy response in me that seems totally fitting for the end of the series while the other one just leaves me totally cold.
It’s a great example of why these movies should not ever have been fucked with in any case. It’s just totally obvious when something comes up and it wasn’t in the original movies. Whether it’s the song not syncing right to the scene, the new CGI scenes on other planets that we’ve never even seen in the movies, whatever. You can just tell. Even on the first time watching these movies, I’ve known people who can tell something isn’t quite right about these bits. It’s even more obvious with “Jedi Rocks.” It just. Doesn’t. Work. It’s like George stuffed a cheesy 90s music video into the middle of the movie, total distraction. For better or worse, these movies are products of their time and should be LEFT ALONE. It’s like if they went back and remixed The Beatles’ music and added a bunch of modern digital auto-tune and drum beats to “improve” it.