Star Wars Episode IV: Revised ending music (Yub Nub vs. Victory Celebration)

Star Wars Episode IV: Revised ending music (Yub Nub vs. Victory Celebration)

When Lucas re-released the original movies with new scenes and FX, he made a a few changes to the ending of Return of the Jedi. He removed the annoying Ewok song from the Special Edition and he replaced it with a different song. Some hardcore SW fans hated the change, but I fully supported it because I felt the “Yub Nub” song was really out of place of the entire Saga.

From The Force.net board, The2ndQuest said it best, ((Yeah, they did indeed change the Ewok song from the Original Visions for the Special Editions of the trilogy.

Most people I've spoken to miss the Yub Nub song, but the new "Victory Celebration" music is a very good piece of music though.

Basicly, what it comes down to is that Yub Nub is appropriate for the Star Wars Trilogy, with it's smaller-scale, more personal Ewok-only celebration.

But Victory Celebration is more appropriate for the larger scale, less-personal, multi-planet celebration sequences (even though now the Ewok and Rebel dancing tempos during the Endor celebration don't really match up that well with the music) of the Star Wars Saga.

And, yeah, the awful "Jedi Rocks" replaced the awesome "Lapti Nek", unfortunately. ))

Here is the original version of ending song. It is catchy, but it just doesn't fit with SW score from the first two episodes. I really like the way the album version of Yub Nub builds at the beginning. This is not in the original film. Actually, the original album version of Yub Nub might be a different take from the one used in the movie.

Which version do you like?