Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith

In an undivided consultation withScreenRantatStar Wars Celebration2025 , Anakin Skywalker worker Hayden Christensen reflect upon the twentieth anniversary ofStar Wars : Episode III - Revenge of the Sithand his experience withStar Warsover the years . There have been a emcee of thrillingStar Wars Celebration 2025 gore , and there was fussy hullabaloo about Christensen ’s appearances . As many had hop-skip , theAhsokapanel confirm thatAnakin is returning inAhsokaseason 2 . However , Christensen is front back as much as he is looking frontward this weekend .

In an exclusive interview withScreenRant’sAsh Crossan at Star Wars Celebration 2025,Anakin Skywalker histrion Hayden Christensen shared his feelings about the twentieth anniversary ofRevenge of the Sithand his time inStar Warsso far . Christensen said :

" Yeah , time flies . It ’s just been really nice to sort of get to see the sexual love that hoi polloi have for the prequels now , and specially episode three . We all really apply it our all and we wanted to make the best motion-picture show possible and see how those films now retain to live on and are sort of passed down from generation to generation . And even though it makes me feel old , it ’s a really beautiful thing . "

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It ’s wonderful to learn Christensen speak about his time inStar Warsso lovingly , in particular because his reference to the great unwashed loving the prequels"now"is a monitor that it has n’t always been smooth soaring for Christensen or forRevenge of the Sith .

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Revenge Of The Sith—And Christensen Himself—Are Finally Being Shown The Love They Deserve

Revenge of the Sithis now largely count one ofStar Wars’best movies , and Hayden Christensen is easy now one of the most beloved doer inStar Warsmovies and idiot box display , but that has n’t always been on-key . On the perverse , bothRevenge of the Sithand Christensen were met with harsh criticism when the movie was first release . Even years later , in fact , Christensen andRevenge of the Sithwere heavily criticize . Thankfully , that has changed substantially in recent year .

The palpable excitement beleaguer Christensen ’s show at Star Wars Celebration 2025 is more than enough proof that Christensen is now fabulously darling inStar Wars . Likewise , Revenge of the Sith’s20th anniversary is already being celebrated , with many provision to attend the movie ’s theatrical re - acquittance , which start just next week . To be clear , both Christensen andRevenge of the Sithalways deserved this love and recognition , but it ’s wonderful to see it come back around now all the same .

Star Wars is bringing one of its most beloved movies back to the boastful screen for its 20th anniversary ; it ’s clip to re - experience Revenge of the Sith .

Hayden Christensen smiling as Anakin Skywalker in the Ahsoka show to the left and looking serious as Anakin in Revenge of the Sith to the right alongside the Star Wars Celebration 2025 banner

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