Hayden Christensen Recalls the First Time He Met Ewan McGregor Making Star Wars

the Star Wars Bond ywan McGregor and Hayden Christensen formed has only grown stronger over 20 years later in a profile honoring McGregor ahead of him receiving a Hollywood Walk of Fame star Christensen spoke to variety about their first encounter and how it contributed to the Duo's on-screen relationship in George Lucas prequel trilogy the first time I met Yan was in Australia I remember walking into the hair and makeup room and he came over and gave me a big hug right away I knew that I was standing in front of a friend he revealed much like how Anakin Skywalker saw Obi-Wan Kenobi Christensen felt that McGregor really took me under his wing it's easy to get caught up in the technicalities of making those films but he always just brought it back to the emotional aspect of what we were doing since the prequel trilogy concluded McGregor and Christensen have reunited in 2022 Obi-Wan Kenobi as their respective characters with Christensen doubling as both Anakin and a fully suited Darth Vader so far no continuation of the miniseries has been announced though both actors expressed interest in continuing Obi-Wan's journey I really do hope we get a chance to do another one between where we ended off in the series and when Alec Guinness comes on screen with Luke Skywalker I think there's another few stories to tell in there McGregor said while Christenson hyped up another chance to work alongside his co-star again if it means that I got to do more with Yan then that's a no-brainer but I really hope that he continues with the character he added just as a fan it's so exciting to get to watch him play Obi-Wan he's just so good at it Hayden Christensen returned as Anakin in Star Wars Ahsoka along with Obi-Wan Kenobi Christensen got to play a clone wars era Anakin opposite Rosario Dawson's Ahsoka Tano in Ahsoka though it's unclear whether he'll return for its second season McGregor meanwhile recently played count Al alander rostov in Paramount plus sa gentleman in Moscow and will have a role in the upcoming science fiction movie flower Veil Street within Hathaway as for the Star Wars brand future Disney Plus shows include the upcoming amblin inspired drama Skeleton Crew in December as well as season 2 of the acclaimed Rogue one prequel Ander next year however the franchise will soon return to theatrical releases with a film adaptation of Disney plus s the Mandalorian titled the Mandalorian and grou scheduled to come out in 2026 recently the Star Wars fandom mourned the death of actor James Earl Jones Who provided the iconic voice of Darth Vader in the original trilogy and subsequent Star Wars projects while Jones was credited as Vader in Obi-Wan Kenobi it was later revealed that the actor signed the rights to his voice to lucasfilm who with the assistance of tech company reeeer used AI to recreate Jones vocal performance