Hayden Christensen on Returning to Anakin Skywalker in Ahsoka and Liking When 'Star Wars Goes Dark' - Star Wars Celebration

One of the biggest bits of quality retired of Star Wars Celebration is that Hayden Christensen volition beryllium returning arsenic Anakin Skywalker successful Season 2 of Ahsoka. Following the large reveal, we had the accidental to talk to Christensen astir playing Anakin again aft astir 20 years, wherefore helium likes erstwhile Star Wars goes dark, and adjacent which Anakin meme is his favorite.

We began our chat talking astir what different Anakin stories Christensen would privation to bring to the screen, and helium shared with america however overmuch helium would "love to get to bash immoderate much of the Clone Wars-era." This tracks as, too that large country successful Ahsoka and immoderate smaller parts successful the films, astir of the Clone Wars-era Anakin we've seen has been successful animation, wherever helium was played by Matt Lanter.

Hayden Christensen arsenic Anakin Skywalker successful Ahsoka. Image Credit: Lucasfilm

"I cognize my person Ewan would beryllium crippled for that arsenic well," Christensen added. "It's a chill look. It's a chill benignant of play successful Star Wars and I deliberation determination are large stories that we could archer there. So who knows, possibly 1 day."

While we'd each emotion to spot that happen, Christensen understands it would "require a small spot of aging" magic to marque that happen. However, that doesn't discourage him overmuch oregon marque him deliberation of leaving the quality anytime soon if helium has his way.

"I emotion this character," Christensen said. "I would emotion the accidental to proceed to research Anakin's communicative immoderate much and hopefully bash the Darth Vader timeline a small spot much too. I deliberation determination are much stories determination to beryllium told."

Our speech past shifted to Revenge of the Sith, arsenic it is gearing up to observe its 20th day connected May 19, 2025. The movie remains 1 of the darkest successful the full franchise for galore reasons, but Christensen likes erstwhile Star Wars isn't acrophobic to research pugnacious topics.

"George Lucas made immoderate precise bold choices and I emotion that helium did that," Christensen said. "However, helium did it successful a mode that we could inactive digest everything. For example, Anakin is sidesplitting younglings, but we don't really spot it. But yeah, I similar it erstwhile Star Wars goes dark. That works for me."

Revenge of the Sith was besides the past clip Christensen played Anakin/Darth Vader connected the large screen, and helium past took immoderate clip to bespeak what it was similar to instrumentality to the quality aft astir 20 years.

"Of people it feels different. I'm different," Christensen said. "I've had 20 years of beingness that I didn't person before, and that conscionable benignant of changes your position connected things. But successful a batch of ways, I consciousness adjacent much connected to Anakin present than I ever person due to the fact that I've had much clip to deliberation astir him and benignant of effort to recognize him.

"It's a precise unsocial happening coming backmost to a relation aft each of these years and an absorbing benignant of workout successful the trade of acting, having to benignant of relationship for that transition of time. But I consciousness precise fortunate that I person the accidental to bash it."

To extremity our conversation, we shifted absorption to Star Wars movies successful wide and we wanted to cognize if Christensen had immoderate thoughts connected the never-ending statement of what bid the films should beryllium watched.

"Not really," Christensen said. "I don't cognize that determination is simply a close mode oregon a incorrect way, and I deliberation there's merit to both. I deliberation George Lucas would similar you to commencement with occurrence 1 and acquisition the communicative successful a linear fashion, but there's decidedly thing to beryllium said for starting with occurrence four. I've thought astir it myself arsenic I person yet to amusement my girl the films... I mean she is going to spot her dada bash immoderate benignant of gnarly stuff."

Lastly, we had to inquire Christensen his thoughts connected the galore memes featuring Anakin and if helium has a favorite. While he's seen the soil 1 a cardinal times and enjoys the 1 of him and Padmé successful the field, his caller favourite is 1 of Emperor Palpatine begging Anakin to not fto Mace Windu termination him, and Anakin says, "He's conscionable reflecting your lightning backmost you... conscionable halt shooting lightning!"

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