Hayden Christensen Recalls the Day He Was Cast As Anakin Skywalker
Hayden Christensen recalls the memory of how he reacted to being cast as Anakin Skywalker for the Star Wars prequels. Christensen, who first stepped into the role of Anakin for the 2002 film Star Wars: Episode II — Attack of the Clones, is set to return to the galaxy as Darth Vader in the upcoming Obi-Wan Kenobi series. It will be the first time Christensen has put on Vader's infamous armor since 2005's Star Wars: Episode III — Revenge of the Sith, and his return has already been met with enthusiastic praise from viewers.
Christensen has had his ups and downs with Star Wars, mostly around the time when the prequel trilogy first came out. The films were infamously critiqued in a rather harsh manner, and both Christensen and Ewan McGregor (who played Obi-Wan Kenobi) have said that affected their relationship with Star Wars for many years. Since returning as Vader, Christensen has shared how encouraged he feels by the warm reactions he's seeing from audiences. With the children of the Star Wars prequel trilogy audience now grown up, the love for those three films has grown immensely, which has not only helped the actors but also has generated even more hype around Christensen's and McGregor's return on Obi-Wan Kenobi.
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Now, 20 years after the release of Attack of the Clones, Christensen recalls to Star Wars what it was like when he first found out he'd be stepping into the famed galaxy. The actor says that he shared the moment with his roommate at the time, who caught Christensen smiling after he got the important phone call. With his roommate also being a big Star Wars fan, the two of them went on to have an imaginary lightsaber battle
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