One of the biggest announcements in the tidal waves of news coming out of the Disney Investors Day Event has to revolve around the new Obi-Wan Kenobi series coming to Disney Plus. Not only are fans excited to see Ewan McGregor return to explore what happens to Obi-Wan after the events of Revenge of the Sith. What caused his self-isolation? What did he do in that time? But, as it turns out, McGregor isn’t the only actor returning to the franchise. Thanks to the Investors Event, we now know that Hayden Christensen is returning as well, and will indeed be playing Darth Vader!
Hayden Christensen returns as Darth Vader, joining Ewan McGregor in OBI-WAN KENOBI. The Original Series begins 10 years after the dramatic events of Revenge of the Sith, and is coming to #DisneyPlus. pic.twitter.com/9WR2npRUkk
— Star Wars (@starwars) December 10, 2020
One of Hollywood’s greatest villains, Darth Vader came to be when Christensen’s Anakin Skywalker joined the Dark Side but was mortally wounded by Obi-Wan. Saved by Emperor Palpatine and turned into a cybernetic monster, Darth Vader has terrorized the Empire for decades. Now, the period between Episode 3 and Episode 4 will be explored in detail for the two former friends in the new Disney+ series.
Seeing Hayden return this role and given the opportunity to explore the Vader side of it is exciting, to say the least. His take on Anakin has been ill received, but that has more to do with the script he was given and George Lucas directing him in a certain way. Now, as he moves into the truly villainous side of Anakin as Lord Vader, Hayden can give it another go, and explore the true version of the character.
This is just some of the news rolling in for Star Wars during the Investors Day Event. Fans of the franchise are in for an overload of new information flying at them in every direction. The future truly looks bright for a long, long time ago in a galaxy far, far away.
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