Yes, now you *care* when Vader appears in ANH. Before the Republic Trilogy (I will so adopt this term - it's great) he's just the villain entering the scene. But now you see how great he was and what has been lost and you just hope for him... I think watching ANH will also be more intense, because you'll be worried that Vader might kill Luke or Leia without knowing they are his children. EBS has a new twist: When Vader reveals to Luke that he's his father it's a different kind of shock. Not "Wow, he's Luke's father", but "Wow, Vader is acknowledging his past again", because that's obviously something both Obi-Wan and Yoda have never considered at all. (See Yoda's: "Told you he did?. Unexpected this is.")
And I can't state often enough how absolutely brilliant Hayden Christensen is. He really took over Vader's body language and speech patterns and blended them with Jake Lloyd's performance. The way he walks, e.g. into Palpatine's office when the fight between Mace and Palpatine is already on going, is just perfect. Or the way he stands in meditations, turns his head, ... It's all there. I think that's a big part of why we now can see Anakin in Vader so clearly.
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I think watching ANH will also be more intense, because you'll be worried that Vader might kill Luke or Leia without knowing they are his children.
EBS has a new twist: When Vader reveals to Luke that he's his father it's a different kind of shock. Not "Wow, he's Luke's father", but "Wow, Vader is acknowledging his past again", because that's obviously something both Obi-Wan and Yoda have never considered at all. (See Yoda's: "Told you he did?. Unexpected this is.")
And I can't state often enough how absolutely brilliant Hayden Christensen is. He really took over Vader's body language and speech patterns and blended them with Jake Lloyd's performance. The way he walks, e.g. into Palpatine's office when the fight between Mace and Palpatine is already on going, is just perfect. Or the way he stands in meditations, turns his head, ... It's all there. I think that's a big part of why we now can see Anakin in Vader so clearly.