Hayden Christensen to play Anakin Skywalker in Ahsoka for Disney Plus

Anakin Skywalker is averse to sand and hates being dead. Hayden Christensen is the actor that portrayed Star Wars villain Darth Vader before he was called Dark Side. Attack of the Clones Revenge of the SithThe actor is looking to return to his role which made him famous.

The Hollywood Reporter claims that Christensen will play the role of Christensen again in AhsokaThe new Disney Plus live-action series will feature Rosario Dawson playing Ahsoka Tanos, an ex-apprentice of Anakin Skywalker who was the villainous Jedi seen in the second season. Mandalorian

A strange thing about Christensen’s casting is that Ahsoka It is roughly the same time that it was set. Mandalorian — five years after Return of the Jedi(When Darth Vader has died). There are several ways around this — an obvious one is flashbacks, another would be recalling one of the final changes to Return of the Jedi being Christensen’s visage edited in as the Force Ghost of Anakin Skywalker. Given Ahsoka’s rich history with Anakin as his apprentice in The Clone Wars animated series, there’s a lot to draw from.

This is in addition to Christensen’s previously-scheduled appearance as Darth Vader in the Disney Plus series about Obi-Wan. It’s not like Ahsoka Obi Wan KenobiBetween the fall of Republic and the present, it was set. Revenge of the Sith A New HopeAnakin, who had recently adopted the disguise and cyborg body Darth Vader’s, is angry.

Ahsoka is still a ways off, but it’s been reported to begin production in 2022. Obi Wan Kenobi’s release is, similarly, TBD.