10 Star Wars Moments You'll Never See Again

4. Vader Silently Betrays Palpatine - Return Of The Jedi

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Here's a change that really pisses a lot of fans off, because it basically dilutes the intensity of one of the series' most iconic moments and arguably even renders it unintentionally comical.

Originally in Return of the Jedi, Darth Vader (David Prowse) silently betrays Emperor Palpatine and throws him to his death, but seemingly because Lucas felt the scene needed to spell every emotional beat out for the audience, he added some extra vocalisations to it.

For the 2011 Blu-ray re-release, Lucas added Vader saying "No" as he watches Palpatine torture Luke with Force lightning, and then letting out a more prolonged "Noooooo" as he picks Palpatine up.

For one, it just makes everyone remember Vader's laughable "Nooooo" from Revenge of the Sith - perhaps Lucas' baffling intention, in fact - and needlessly spells out Vader's emotions which are already made perfectly clear by his body language and actions.

It's an incredibly awkward addition that shows a lack of faith in the audience to intuit basic, obvious emotion, and surely makes fans the world over cringe every time they're forced to endure it.

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