By: Dominic Jones
Even though Star Wars: Episode VII The Force Awakens is still 87 days away, the rumors about Star Wars Episode VIII are beginning to heat up. Our friends over MakingStarWars.net have heard from their sources that one of the more divisive actors in the prequel trilogy appearing in the middle instalment of the sequel trilogy. Hayden Christensen, who played Anakin Skywalker in Attack of the Clones and Revenge of the Sith, will apparently be heading to London to appear in the Rian Johnson directed Episode VIII.
According to MSW's source,
A team in the U.K. are soon heading to the U.S. to begin training Hayden Christensen for a Star Wars: Episode VIII appearance of some sort.
I would love to see Christensen come back for Episode VIII. I know many have issues with his performance in the prequels, but I feel that including him in the sequel trilogy will serve to best tie together the entire saga. Whatever issues people have with Christensen's performance (and I'll definitely agree there are issues), I would hate to miss out on interesting story points simply to pander to those who hate the prequels. Wouldn't it make an interesting scene to have Force-ghost Anakin Skywalker passing on what he learned over his journey to the dark side (and back) to the next generation of the Skywalker family? I would love to see that.
The other interesting thing is the way the source worded their message, "begin training" is what stands out to some. Jason at Making Star Wars ponders, "I have a hard time thinking they would need Christensen to train for Star Wars if he’s simply a ghost. He is still physically fit. To me the rumor almost points towards some resurrection of Darth Vader story idea or perhaps a flashback?" It does make you wonder, why he would have to train. I can't say I love the idea of a Vader resurrection, but a flashback would be interesting. Again, the idea of some kind of Force flashback or vision to a next generation Skywalker, featuring Christensen as Anakin/Vader, could serve as a warning of the dark path.
As always, this is just a rumor until confirmed or denied by Lucasfilm or Disney.
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45 comments:
I'm definitely on board with a Force vision or dream sequence (I don't like the idea of a generic flashback) that involves Anakin fighting...I think it's clear that Vader definitely plays a larger part in the sequel trilogy than just the object of Kylo Ren's obsession...
When he leaves the room, one padawan survived and becomes Kylo Rens Father.
Anakin: a mass murderer, never had this training though he immediately becomes a force ghost after Luke gives him a Jedi funeral? even if I drink that koolaid, to grant him a roll as a force ghost 30+ years after seems like a bit of a stretch.
Just my opinion but wouldn't it be better to have Hayden on screen one more time to get another shot to redeem his portrayal of the character then to bury it and have it be a major plot hole? They wouldn't be casting him as the lead or anything (no way I buy any cloning theory) It would be a cameo to retroactively make us care more about Anakin.
besides, it's too late to have sebastian shaw play anakin force ghost and it'd be stupid to bring in yet ANOTHER person to be the face of the single most important character in the entire story..... so Hayden is far and away the right choice.
as far as plot stuff goes.... i get the retcon beef but what's the big deal? nearly everything in SW is retconned the eff out. sure, it doesn't make sense that anakin would suddenly have force ghost skillz but besides its over-processed mention in clone wars, becoming a force ghost was assumed to be what you did at the end of your jedi life. nothing in the OT ever implied that it was difficult to become a force ghost... if you go by clone wars explanation of communicating from "beyond the veil", then yeah, it gets more complicated as it needs to be learned but we also know that anakin was a ridiculously talented if not underwhelmingly underachieving "prospect"... doin the force ghost thing might not be all that much of a challenge with midichlorian counts off the chart..
so it doesn't matter, is my point. the upside of having communication between anakin and luke far outweighs the matter of retcon when there is already so much retcon in SW
bring on hayden!
En Rouge ONE quedaría perfecto en sw8 sólo puedo pensar q sea un fantasma o un flashback,recordemos que sea rumoreado so re elásticas q incluyen ala hija de Carrie Fisher interpretando a ella misma de joven así que...todo puede ser.
Yo lo apruebo
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