The show is titledObi-Wan Kenobi.
And with good reason, because it’s about… well, Obi-Wan Kenobi.
Granted, it’s not the most inventive title ever, but it’s short and to the point.
Hayden Christensen as Darth Vader in ‘Obi-Wan Kenobi’.Lucasfilm Ltd.
So theDisney+series could have stopped right there.
But it didn’t.
The decision to include the Dark Lord of the Sith did not come lightly.
Everybody within our creative team has strong opinions, and all of our fans have strong opinions.
We talked about itconstantly."
ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY: So, why did you decide to bring Darth Vader back for this series?
And it’s quite hard to avoid Anakin/Vader in that scenario, especially coming out ofRevenge of the Sith.
So really it came out of an evolution of the character for me.
It wasn’t just to sort of bring him back.
How was it working with Hayden Christensen?
And he’s absolutely wonderful.
What was it like when Darth Vader first showed up on set?
It’s a totally different thing for them than a generation that grew up with the originals.
And then there’s younger generations with the new ones.
So it felt really special bringing him back.
And obviously I’m Canadian and he’s Canadian, so that was also very heartwarming for me.
We were having some Canadian pride on that day.
The first time I saw him in costume and the full thing going, he’s towering over me.
He’s like literally almost twice my size, it felt like.
It’s kind of moving.
What kind of Vader will we see here on the show?
We only saw him for a few very quick scenes at the end ofRevenge of the Sithin that armor.
So where does he pick up 10 years later?
So he isn’t theNew HopeVader quite yet, you know what I mean?
So we are with the character sort of in the middle of this period.
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