Anakin Skywalker hates sand, and he hates staying dead even more. Hayden Christensen, the actor who played Star Wars villain Darth Vader in his Dark Side years Attack of the clones and Revenge of the SithHe returns to the role that made him notorious.
Corresponding The Hollywood Reporter, Christensen will repeat his role in Ahsoka
The strange thing about Christensen’s casting is that Ahsoka is set at about the same time as The Mandalorian – five years later Return of the Jediwhen Darth Vader is dead. There are several ways to get around this – an obvious one is flashbacks, another is reminiscent of a recent change Return of the Jedi
This is in addition to Christensen’s previously scheduled appearance as Darth Vader in the Disney Plus series via Obi-Wan. not how Ahsoka, Obi Wan Kenobi takes place during the fall of the republic, between Revenge of the Sith and A new hopewhen Anakin had just assumed the form and cyborg body of Darth Vader, and he’s very, very angry.
Ahsoka is still a long way off, but production is reported to begin in 2022. Obi Wan Kenobi‘s release is also TBD.