How Old Is Darth Vader In Obi-Wan Kenobi
Obi-Wan Kenobi and Darth Vader are coming back in the TV series Obi-Wan Kenobi, but how old is Darth Vader during the events of the show? Although the Skywalker Saga is over, the Star Wars universe keeps expanding on other branches, most notably TV/streaming. The success of The Mandalorian led Disney to develop more TV series set in a galaxy far, far, away, and through them, it has explored different stories and characters set between chapters of the Skywalker Saga, and its latest project is Obi-Wan Kenobi.
Directed by Deborah Chow, Obi-Wan Kenobi is a miniseries streaming exclusively on Disney+ and focusing on the title Jedi master, played by Ewan McGregor. Set after the events of Star Wars: Episode III – Revenge of the Sith, Obi-Wan Kenobi follows the title character as he watches over Darth Vader’s (Hayden Christensen) son, Luke Skywalker, on Tatooine, but he’s also hiding and living a solitary life in exile. Meanwhile, Vader has set up the Sith Inquisitors program, a group of dark side Force users, with the purpose of hunting down the Jedi who survived Order 66.
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What makes Obi-Wan Kenobi so exciting is not only seeing McGregor reprising the role after all these years but also the return of Hayden Christensen as Darth Vader, so the series can fill in some gaps left by the Skywalker Saga between Revenge of the Sith and Star Wars: A New Hope. The audience followed Anakin Skywalker’s journey from his days as a young slave to his rise as a powerful Sith Lord, and with him now back in Obi-Wan Kenobi, there’s the inevitable question of how old is he during the events of the show. Obi-Wan Kenobi is set 10 years after the events of Revenge of the
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