Was Hayden Christensen Deaged As Anakin In Obi-Wan Kenobi Episode 5?
Warning! This article contains spoilers for Obi-Wan Kenobi episode 5.
Obi-Wan Kenobi episode 5 finally included some flashbacks to the prequel-era of Star Wars that included Hayden Christensen as Anakin, leading to the question of whether Christensen was digitally de-aged for the scene. The episode opened with a flashback to the Jedi Temple on Coruscant. In the scene, Obi-Wan and Anakin were engaging in lightsaber spar, something that informed the emotional context of the episode concerning an older Kenobi and Darth Vader.
The majority of Hayden's work in this series has come from portraying the Sith Lord, being present in the suit for the majority of the series thus far. However, in Obi-Wan Kenobi episode 3, Kenobi sees someone in the desert, someone revealed to be Anakin Skywalker. Other than this, Christensen hasn't portrayed the Jedi before his turn to the dark side until episode 5 with this prequel-era flashback.
Related: Who Obi-Wan Kenobi Saw In The Desert (& What It Really Means)
As the flashback takes place around the time of Star Wars: Episode II — Attack of the Clones, the question of whether Christensen was de-aged using CGI is a logical one. Attack of the Clones was released in 2002, putting Christensen 20 years older than his last portrayal of Anakin in this time period. Therefore, it is clear some CGI was used to de-age Hayden for the portrayal of a much younger Anakin Skywalker. However, it is also evident that the episode that CGI wasn't used to the extent we have seen from Disney in the past, as with General Ross in Black Widowor Samuel L. Jackson in Captain Marvel for example. Yet, while it may not have been as evident, CGI still played a part in making the scene as realistic as possible.
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