Ewan McGregor and Hayden Christensen on Obi-Wan Kenobi and Anakin's changing relationship

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Anakin Skywalker and Obi-Wan Kenobi haven't always been sworn enemies. They started out as Padawan and Jedi Master, after all, and were brothers in arms throughout the events of the Clone Wars. But by the time we see them again in the upcoming Obi-Wan Kenobi TV show, their lightsabers will be clashing once more. 

The series is set in the space between the duo's epic duel in Revenge of the Sith and their fateful showdown in A New Hope – and we spoke with Ewan McGregor and Hayden Christensen to find out exactly how Anakin and Obi-Wan's relationship is different in the Disney Plus show compared to the rest of the saga. 

"Well, the big difference is that Anakin's Vader now," McGregor tells us. "And the last time that Obi-Wan saw him was at the end of [Episode] 3 when he leaves him in the lava field, and he leaves him for dead, really… But now of course, in our series, he's Vader. He's Darth Vader now. So that's the big difference."

Vader is in charge of the villainous Inquisitors, who have never been seen before in live-action, and who are tasked with hunting down the remaining Jedi. 

"Obviously the relationship between Obi-Wan and Vader is not what it used to be," Christensen, on a separate Zoom call, explains. "And Vader has some unsettled business there, and so he's in hot pursuit of all of the remaining Jedi, but specifically Obi-Wan. And that pursuit is very personal for him." 

The show will delve into Anakin's dramatic transformation from Jedi hero to Vader, too. "He's trying to reconcile his past and there's a lot of character exploration there," Christensen says of how his character has changed in the 10 years between Revenge of the Sith and Obi-Wan Kenobi. "There is this inherent struggle of self-identity with this