Hayden Christensen is joyful to be again within the Star Wars universe, so long as he doesn’t have to return over to the Darkish Aspect.
Whereas confirming his return as Anakin Skywalker for Season 2 of Ahsoka, the actor defined throughout Star Wars Celebration in Japan why he likes portraying the character earlier than the occasions of Star Wars: Episode III – Revenge of the Sith (2005).
“I believe my understanding of the character is simply persevering with to develop,” he instructed Advanced. “We’re attending to discover totally different sides of Anakin, which I’m actually having fun with. I’m simply having fun with the journey.”
Christensen continued, “He’s a really complicated character, and there’s lots occurring. However I’m actually loving attending to form of play the extra heroic facet of the character within the Ahsoka present, and I’m very excited for Season 2.”
After first taking part in the pre-Darth Vader position in 2002’s Star Wars: Episode II – Assault of the Clones and 2005’s Revenge of the Sith, Christensen reprised Anakin for the 2022 Disney+ sequence Obi-Wan Kenobi, reuniting with Ewan McGregor.
Hayden Christensen as Anakin Skywalker and Ariana Greenblatt as Ahsoka Tano in ‘Ahsoka’ (Disney+/Lucasfilm Ltd.)
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In 2023, the actor returned to the position once more in Ahsoka, which sees Anakin serving as Jedi Grasp to the titular Padawan, portrayed by Ariana Greenblatt and Rosario Dawson.
The present is ready earlier than the occasions of Revenge of the Sith, which ends with Anakin’s transformation into Darth Vader after being severely injured in a lightsaber duel with Obi-Wan.
