Hayden Christensen Recalls Meeting Ewan McGregor on Attack of the Clones
With their long-awaited reunion on screen for Obi-Wan Kenobi fast approaching, Hayden Christensen recounts the first time he met Ewan McGregor on Attack of the Clones. It has been nearly twenty years since Christensen made his first appearance in the Star Wars galaxy as a teenage Anakin Skywalker. Attack of the Clones was the second film in George Lucas's Star Wars prequel trilogy, and it began Anakin on his tragic path from Obi-Wan Kenobi's padawan to the Sith Lord Darth Vader.
When Anakin's descent into the Dark Side was completed in Revenge of the Sith, many assumed that would be the last time Christensen portrayed the Chosen One. Then in December 2020, Disney announced that Christensen would be reprising his role as Anakin Skywalker- now turned Darth Vader- for Disney+ limited series Obi-Wan Kenobi. Ewan McGregor who played the Jedi master Obi-Wan for all three films in the prequel trilogy will also be returning to his role as the star of the Disney+ Star Wars show, and so will Joel Edgerton and Bonnie Piesse as Luke Skywalker's aunt and uncle.
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Naturally, this monumental reunion between master and padawan sparked memories for the actors who portrayed them. In a recent interview with EW about the upcoming Obi-Wan series,Christensen recalled meeting McGregor for the first time on Attack of the Clones. Christensen shared that even though the two had never met before, the Obi-Wan actor greeted him like an old friend and that the moment had a huge impact on him. Read Christensen's account of the heart-warming meeting below:
«I remember as soon as you saw me. You said, 'Hayden!' We'd never met before, but you said my name like we were lifelong
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