Hayden Christensen

Obi-Wan Kenobi takes place a decade after Revenge of the Sith, and the series is set to connect the prequel movies to the original Star Wars trilogy.

While the Star Wars prequels have been a bone of contention among fans of the saga, they have found their place in the franchise’s legacy, and for better or worse, they have ultimately been part of the reason for many of the recent additions to the story. I spent a lot of time just watching all the Star Wars stuff I could, from the original films to all of the animated shows — Clone Wars, Rebels, and all of that." However, in this month’s edition of Total Film, Darth Vader actor Hayden Christensen has already been explaining how the new series will develop new connections to the prequel movies.

After all these years, Hayden Christensen and Ewan McGregor are finally feeling the love that fans have for the prequels during their press tour for ...

But the reality is that Star Wars belongs to everyone, and for every generation, there’s been a new story to tell. For me, I grew up with brothers who loved the original trilogy and took me to see the movies during the rerelease in the ’90s, but the prequels were mine. Maybe it’s because I was part of the generation that wanted them to know what these movies meant to us. Maybe it’s the part of me that still loves Revenge of the Sith unconditionally because I was so obsessed with it as a young 13-year-old. The return of Hayden Christensen and Ewan McGregor to the world of Star Wars is something I’ve waited for since I was a teenager. Christensen and McGregor knew their fair share of hatred throughout the years because of how critics and other fans reacted to the prequel series.

Hayden Christensen has revealed that his comeback as Anakin Skywalker following the Star Wars prequel movies for Obi-Wan Kenobi was "meaningful"

“At the time, I thought that was that. “It was a sad thing when it concluded,” the star continued. Any Star Wars fan knows that when it comes to the prequel movies, things can get a bit divisive.

A returning Hayden Christensen is back in black when he and Ewan McGregor meet again in Obi-Wan Kenobi. The Star Wars series picks up ten years after the ...

"So getting to come back and do more with him as these characters was just incredible," he said. Obi-Wan Kenobi marks the Jedi's first meeting with Vader since Sith, and was a reunion for McGregor and Christensen as well. But 17 years of real-time have passed since Christensen suited up as the mechanical-clad Sith Lord Darth Vader in the 2005 finale to creator George Lucas' Star Wars prequels trilogy, and just as long since McGregor donned the hooded robes of failed Jedi Master Obi-Wan.