Star Wars: 10 Things That STILL Don’t Make Sense
2. Anakin's Young Force Ghost In Return Of The Jedi
In another case of George Lucas attempting to sell fans on an odd scenario that just about nobody bought - or has any intention of buying some years later - the reveal of Hayden Christensen's version of Anakin Skywalker/Darth Vader being swapped into the again tinkered-with original trilogy in the 2004 DVD re-release of Return of the Jedi inspired an understandable amount of confusion.
Far from quickly offering a wise and logical response though, Lucas claimed in the film's DVD commentary that "the idea was that your [Anakin’s] inner person would go back to where we left it off when it turned to the Dark Side."
But this retcon pretty much negates the powerful beat that had seen Vader redeem himself and seemingly wander back towards the light side of the Force in the moments before the Sebastian Shaw version of the character dies in his son's arms.
In truth, Christensen being thrown into the original trilogy was likely little more than a way of connecting the OG flicks and the prequels, whether it made any actual sense or not.