When George Lucas got down to make Star Wars, he did not have some grand nine-movie plan laid out. A New Hope went via numerous iterations, as did The Empire Strikes Again and Return of the Jedi; by the point the prequels rolled round, that story was advised, and Lucas had to determine how one can inform what got here earlier than them.
There have been continuity points and contradictions (Princess Leia’s reminiscence of her mom, for instance), however for probably the most half, The Phantom Menace, Assault of the Clones, and Revenge of the Sith successfully sit alongside the unique trilogy.
The most important problem for the filmmaker was taking Anakin Skywalker from the likeable younger boy we met on Tatooine to the despicable Sith Lord, Darth Vader. That transformation did not occur till Episode III’s closing moments; nevertheless, followers have lengthy blamed Obi-Wan Kenobi for the horrors later inflicted by Vader on the Galaxy as a result of he failed to verify his former Padawan was lifeless.
Throughout their lightsaber duel on Mustafar, Kenobi lower off Anakin’s arm and legs, leaving him to burn. Emperor Palpatine arrived simply in time to avoid wasting his new apprentice, utilizing the Empire’s expertise to create more-machine-than-man Darth Vader.
Speaking to Empire (by way of SFFGazette.com), veteran Star Wars franchise producer Rick McCallum shared his tackle why Obi-Wan left Anakin behind with out delivering a definitive killing blow as his former ally burned earlier than his eyes.
“I additionally suppose he would not consider Anakin will get better – he thinks he will die,” he explains. “It is solely as a result of Palpatine is available in and makes use of all the things to avoid wasting him and create this freak [that he survives].”
Elsewhere within the journal’s characteristic, Hayden Christensen mirrored on being solid as Anakin and admitted he did not count on to ever land the coveted function.
“I used to be 18, and I obtained a name from my agent saying that they have been casting for Anakin Skywalker in Star Wars and I assumed, ‘Wow, how cool.’ Nevertheless it simply appeared too massive,” the actor remembers. “And I keep in mind asking my agent, ‘Is there possibly one other function that they are additionally casting proper now that you may put me up for? As a result of Anakin type of appears unattainable.’ And there was not. So I threw my title within the hat like everybody else.”
Lately, we have seen Christensen return to the function of Anakin/Vader in each Obi-Wan Kenobi and Ahsoka. The previous explored the emotional and psychological toll that the battle on Mustafar had on “Ben,” later reuniting the friends-turned-enemies for a confrontation which addressed the obvious plot holes Lucas created.
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