Star Wars fans can rejoice that Hayden Christensen is returning to Ahsoka as Anakin Skywalker.
Christensen’s return was announced yesterday (April 19) at the Ahsoka panel at Star Wars Celebration in Tokyo. Since he’s the master of the show’s title character (played by Rosario Dawson), it makes sense because it’ll delve into their extremely complex relationship.
At the panel, Christensen explained how it felt to play the character again. "It was a dream to get to do," Christensen said. "The way they conceived how to do it was brilliant in getting to explore the World Between Worlds. I thought it was all really exciting."
In a recent interview with IGN, Christensen expressed his excitement in returning to the character that (spoiler alert in case you didn’t know) eventually turns into Darth Vader.
"I love this character," Christensen said. "I would love the chance to continue to explore Anakin's story some more and hopefully do the Darth Vader timeline a little bit more too. I think there are more stories there to be told."
He also reflected on playing the character that he’d previously played nearly 20 years ago in Star Wars: Episode III – Revenge of the Sith.
"Of course it feels different. I'm different," Christensen said. "I've had 20 years of life that I didn't have before, and that just sort of changes your perspective on things. But in a lot of ways, I feel even more connected to Anakin now than I ever have because I've had more time to think about him and sort of try to understand him."
"It's a very unique thing coming back to a role after all of these years and an interesting sort of exercise in the craft of acting, having to sort of account for that passage of time,” he added. “But I feel very fortunate that I have the opportunity to do it."
