{"id":139410,"date":"2025-04-19T20:03:12","date_gmt":"2025-04-19T20:03:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/2025\/04\/19\/hayden-christensen-likes-playing-more-heroic-anakin-in-ahsoka\/"},"modified":"2025-04-19T20:03:12","modified_gmt":"2025-04-19T20:03:12","slug":"hayden-christensen-likes-playing-more-heroic-anakin-in-ahsoka","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/2025\/04\/19\/hayden-christensen-likes-playing-more-heroic-anakin-in-ahsoka\/","title":{"rendered":"Hayden Christensen Likes Playing &#8220;More Heroic&#8221; Anakin In &#8216;Ahsoka&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> [ad_1]<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<!-- do not apply CSS styles to this element! --><\/p>\n<div class=\"pmc-paywall\">\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto     \">\n\t<a href=\"https:\/\/deadline.com\/tag\/hayden-christensen\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Hayden Christensen<\/a> is comfortable to be again within the <a href=\"https:\/\/deadline.com\/tag\/star-wars\/\" id=\"auto-tag_star-wars\" data-tag=\"star-wars\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Star Wars<\/a> universe, so long as he doesn\u2019t have to return over to the Dark Side.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto     \">\n\tWhile <a href=\"https:\/\/deadline.com\/2025\/04\/ahsoka-season-2-hayden-christensen-rory-mccann-1236372220\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">confirming his return<\/a> as Anakin Skywalker for Season 2 of <em><a href=\"https:\/\/deadline.com\/tag\/ahsoka\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Ahsoka<\/a><\/em>, the actor defined throughout <a href=\"https:\/\/deadline.com\/tag\/star-wars-celebration\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Star Wars Celebration<\/a> in Japan why he likes portraying the character earlier than the occasions of <em>Star Wars: Episode III \u2013 Revenge of the Sith<\/em> (2005).<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto     \">\n\t\u201cI think my understanding of the character is just continuing to grow,\u201d he advised <em><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/ComplexPop\/status\/1913600976801636463\">Complex<\/a><\/em>. \u201cWe\u2019re getting to explore different sides of Anakin, which I\u2019m really enjoying. I\u2019m just enjoying the journey.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto     \">\n\tChristensen continued, \u201cHe\u2019s a very complex character, and there\u2019s a lot going on. But I\u2019m really loving getting to sort of play the more heroic side of the character in the <em>Ahsoka<\/em> show, and I\u2019m very excited for Season 2.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto     \">\n\tAfter first enjoying the pre-Darth Vader position in 2002\u2019s <em>Star Wars: Episode II \u2013 Attack of the Clones<\/em> and 2005\u2019s <em>Revenge of the Sith<\/em>, Christensen reprised Anakin for the 2022 Disney+ collection <em>Obi-Wan Kenobi<\/em>, reuniting with Ewan McGregor.<\/p>\n<div class=\"post-content-image \/\/  \">\n<figure class=\"o-figure   size-large alignnone lrv-u-max-width-100p\" style=\"width:100%; max-width:1024px;\">\n<div class=\"c-lazy-image  \">\n<div class=\"lrv-a-crop-16x9\" style=\"padding-bottom:calc((514\/1024)*100%);\">\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"c-lazy-image__img lrv-u-background-color-grey-lightest lrv-u-width-100p lrv-u-display-block lrv-u-height-auto\" src=\"https:\/\/deadline.com\/wp-content\/themes\/pmc-deadline-2019\/assets\/public\/lazyload-fallback.jpg\" data-lazy-src=\"https:\/\/deadline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/STC-FF-001926-e1745040268356.jpg?w=300\" alt=\"\" data-lazy-srcset=\"https:\/\/deadline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/STC-FF-001926-e1745040268356.jpg 3200w, https:\/\/deadline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/STC-FF-001926-e1745040268356.jpg?resize=150,75 150w, https:\/\/deadline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/STC-FF-001926-e1745040268356.jpg?resize=300,151 300w, https:\/\/deadline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/STC-FF-001926-e1745040268356.jpg?resize=1024,514 1024w, https:\/\/deadline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/STC-FF-001926-e1745040268356.jpg?resize=1536,771 1536w, https:\/\/deadline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/STC-FF-001926-e1745040268356.jpg?resize=2048,1028 2048w, https:\/\/deadline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/STC-FF-001926-e1745040268356.jpg?resize=199,100 199w, https:\/\/deadline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/STC-FF-001926-e1745040268356.jpg?resize=60,30 60w, https:\/\/deadline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/STC-FF-001926-e1745040268356.jpg?resize=352,177 352w, https:\/\/deadline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/STC-FF-001926-e1745040268356.jpg?resize=110,55 110w, https:\/\/deadline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/STC-FF-001926-e1745040268356.jpg?resize=285,143 285w, https:\/\/deadline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/STC-FF-001926-e1745040268356.jpg?resize=320,161 320w, https:\/\/deadline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/STC-FF-001926-e1745040268356.jpg?resize=640,321 640w, https:\/\/deadline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/STC-FF-001926-e1745040268356.jpg?resize=800,402 800w, https:\/\/deadline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/STC-FF-001926-e1745040268356.jpg?resize=1280,642 1280w\" data-lazy-sizes=\"(min-width: 87.5rem) 1000px, (min-width: 78.75rem) 681px, (min-width: 48rem) 450px, (max-width: 48rem) 250px\" height=\"514\" width=\"1024\"\/><\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div><figcaption class=\"c-figcaption  lrv-u-font-size-12 lrv-u-padding-tb-025\">\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\" lrv-u-font-size-16 lrv-u-font-size-14@mobile-max lrv-a-font-body-m u-font-style-italic lrv-u-font-weight-bold lrv-u-font-family-primary u-line-height-20 u-letter-spacing-0 u-line-height-18@mobile-max\">Hayden Christensen as Anakin Skywalker and Ariana Greenblatt as Ahsoka Tano in \u2018Ahsoka\u2019 (Disney+\/Lucasfilm Ltd.)<\/span><\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<cite class=\" lrv-u-text-transform-uppercase lrv-u-color-grey lrv-u-font-size-10 lrv-a-font-basic-xxs lrv-u-margin-l-025\">Lucasfilm<\/cite><\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto     \">\n\tIn 2023, the actor returned to the position once more in <em>Ahsoka<\/em>, which sees Anakin serving as Jedi Master to the titular Padawan, portrayed by Ariana Greenblatt and Rosario Dawson.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto     \">\n\tThe present is ready earlier than the occasions of <em>Revenge of the Sith<\/em>, which ends with Anakin\u2019s transformation into Darth Vader after being severely injured in a lightsaber duel with Obi-Wan.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<p>[ad_2]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[ad_1] Hayden Christensen is comfortable to be again within the Star Wars universe, so long as he doesn\u2019t have to return over to the Dark Side. While confirming his return as Anakin Skywalker for Season 2 of Ahsoka, the actor defined throughout Star Wars Celebration in Japan why he likes portraying the character earlier than [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":139412,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[30],"tags":[2228,9378,9376,9375,9377,2344,87],"class_list":{"0":"post-139410","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-entertainment","8":"tag-ahsoka","9":"tag-anakin","10":"tag-christensen","11":"tag-hayden","12":"tag-heroic","13":"tag-likes","14":"tag-playing"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/139410","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=139410"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/139410\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/139412"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=139410"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=139410"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=139410"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}