Obi-Wan Kenobi star Hayden Christensen teased that the lightsaber duels in the upcoming series are similar to the prequels. In an interview with Total Film in the latest issue of the magazine, the Darth Vader star talked about his return to the Star Wars universe as Darth Vader.
From what we’re seeing, Obi-Wan Kenobi presents a moment of massive nostalgia for both the prequel trilogy fans and the elder millennials fans. Hayden Christensen teased that the long-awaited showdown between Darth Vader and Obi-Wan Kenobi is going to feel very similar to their duel back in Revenge of the Sith. No matter what your opinion about that trilogy, the lightsaber duels and the group fights were a sight to behold. Clearly, the creative team behind the show knows that they should give the fans what they want to see.
"We're more in line with the prequels than we are with how the fights are in the original trilogy," Christensen said in the interview. "These characters have aged, but not that much yet."
"The whole experience was very surreal. Just the nature of coming back after all this time. It's such a unique opportunity -- one that both Ewan and I were very grateful for," Christensen said in a previous interview with Entertainment Weekly. "One of the things I loved so much about working on Star Wars projects is just that shared excitement. That everyone's real excited to be there. You feel that energy, and that's a really special thing."
Although Christensen’s Anakin Skywalker for Attack of the Clones and Revenge of the Sith was for nearly two decades ago, the upcoming Obi-Wan Kenobi series gives the actor a chance to jump-start that journey. Darth Vader is still a subject that a lot of fans still want to know more about, and they’re going to get it in the Obi-Wan Kenobi series.
"Well, without getting into too much detail, it was amazing. It's a great honor to get to put that suit on," Christensen teased during the interview. "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. And I was just really excited to get to come in and play Darth Vader at this point in the timeline because it did feel like a natural continuation of your journey with the character. And that was very meaningful for me."
Star Wars: Obi-Wan Kenobi is set to premiere its first two episodes on May 27, on Disney+.
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