“I owe you” Hayden Christensen thanks Dave Filoni for Anakin’s evolution in Star Wars

It was 1977 when the world first met Anakin Skywalker, Darth Vader’s real name, since the first Star Wars film, “A New Hope”, was released that year, and for many years this character was seen as a heartless villain, however, the Disney+ series made by Dave Filoni changed that perception and the actor hayden christensen he appreciates it.

While that’s true, the Star Wars prequel films released in the late ’90s also helped to learn more about the story of anakin skywalkerHowever, it wasn’t until the launch of the ‘Star Wars: The Clone Wars’ and ‘Star Wars: Rebels’ series that this character began to earn a different place in the public’s affection.

THE Dave Philoni series ‘Star wars the battle of the clones’ is the one that contributed the most, since it is set right between the films ‘Attack of the Clones’ and ‘Revenge of the Sith’, showing what it was like Anakin Skywalker before becoming Darth Vaderdeepening his relationships, i.e. showing a side of this character that had never been seen before and making the audience empathize with him.

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For this reason, in a recent conversation with Esquire, the actor who played Anakin Skywalker in the prequel films, hayden christensen, highlighted the importance of Dave Filoni’s series have had for this change of perception in his character Darth Vader, indicating that he even feels indebted to the director.

I think what Dave Filoni did with Clone Wars and Rebels is brilliant. They owe me…it really helped Anakin’s character…it fleshed out the character and also improved our understanding of Anakin’s relationship with the Jedi,” the actor says.

Most likely, millions of fans of Star Wars agree with the comments made by Hayden Christensen, since, as we have pointed out, now Anakin Skywalker is a favorite character within this franchise and not to be the dreaded villain he has become, a character who may even return in more productions released on Disney+.

Anakin on Disney+

It should not be forgotten that during 2022 the great return of Hayden Christensen as Anakin Skywalker or Darth Vaderas the actor returned to play this important character in the series starring Ewan McGregor, ‘Obi Wan Kenobi’, a title that has received great acclaim from fans and specialized critics.

Various reports indicate that Hayden Christensen will play Darth Vader again in multiple productions of Star Wars for Disney +, one of them would be in “Ahsoka”, a live action that will focus precisely on the apprentice of Anakin Skywalker, a title that would feature this character in several important flashbacks, so the legacy of Skywalker will continue.