What are your thoughts on what Christensen had to say about the Star Wars prequel trilogy? Star Wars: Obi-Wan Kenobi premieres on Disney+ on May 27th. I loved the stories that those shows told with these characters! I think a big part of that excitement comes from watching shows such as Star Wars: The Clone Wars.

Now, after all these years, Star Wars fans are incredibly excited to see Christensen and Ewan McGregor coming back to reprise their roles and continue their stories in Lucasfilm’s Obi-Wan Kenobi series. I was just so excited to get to come back after all these years.' When I got the call, I was instantly elated. It just seemed like a really exciting opportunity. 'I guess the impression that I got from George Lucas was that if they don't like them, then they don't 'get' it - and that was good enough for me. I became very close with his family, and my family became close with his family.'Ĭhristensen went on to share Lucas’s opinion of those that didn’t like the prequel films saying: One of Star Wars ’ early guiding forces, Marcia Lucas (born Marcia Lou Griffin), has offered some scathing criticism of Sequel Trilogy films The Force Awakens (2015), The Last Jedi (2017) and. He was very much like a mentor to me and he was so gracious with his time. 'George Lucas creates such a unique world where everything is so specific, from the way these characters look and the way that they talk, and I feel like sometimes people lose sight of that and they expect them to speak the same way that we speak - and that's not what we were going for. Well, Hayden Christensen recently went out and defended the dialogue in the films, and explained that it was intentionally heightened. One aspect of the films that drew a lot of criticism was the script and the dialogue. I’ve personally come to appreciate the trilogy a lot more over the years, but when I first saw them it was rough. Mark Hamill and His Return of the Jedi Prop Lightsaber Reunite in Pop Culture Quest Clip

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