Hayden Christensen Opens Up About His ‘Surreal’ Return To The ‘Star Wars’ Universe In ‘Obi-Wan Kenobi’

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It’s been 17 years since Hayden Christensen was last seen in a galaxy far, far away, and the Vancouver-born actor recently spoke with Entertainment Weekly about returning to his “Star Wars” role of Anakin Skywalker/Darth Vader in the upcoming Disney+ series “Obi-Wan Kenobi”.

In the new interview, Christensen discusses returning to the franchise alongside Ewan McGregor, reprising the titular Jedi he first played in “Star Wars: The Phantom Menace”.

According to series director Deborah Chow, she pitched Christensen the concept during an in-person visit to his farm in Uxbridge, Ontario. READ MORE: Ewan McGregor And Hayden Christensen Get Candid About ‘Star Wars’ Prequel Backlash: ‘I Found It Quite Hard’ “It was really nice because we sort of met up in Canada,” Chow explained. “And obviously with people like Ewan and Hayden, they’ve been these characters for so long and they obviously did them in the prequels and they’ve lived with this character in their lives for so long that they just know the character so well, which makes it so helpful in terms of the creative.” Asked what it was like to don Vader’s iconic black costume after all those years, Christensen responded, “Well, without getting into too much detail, it was amazing.

It’s a great honour to get to put that suit on.” According to Christensen, he was intrigued by the idea of revisiting the role. READ MORE: Hayden Christensen To Return As Darth Vader In Ewan McGregor’s Disney+ ‘Obi-Wan Kenobi’ Series “It was mostly a lot of excitement because I had spent enough time with this character and felt like I knew him, and coming back to it felt very natural in a lot of ways,” Christensen said.. “And I was just really excited to get to come in and play Darth