What then of Star Wars: Obi-Wan Kenobi, the forthcoming Disney+ TV show in which Hayden Christensen, he of the execrable prequels, is billed as Anakin Skywalker/Darth Vader? Even in the original movie, 2005’s Revenge of the Sith, in which the Jedi Knight finally falls to the dark side, Lucas had Jones voice the.
Now Christensen is returning to battle Ewan McGregor’s Obi-Wan, who in the events of the series is holed up on Tatooine in a cave, masquerading as Ben Kenobi and keeping one eye out for the safety of a preteen Luke Skywalker. It appears Vader has sent various baddies out into space to try to track him down, namely Rupert Friend’s Grand Inquisitor and his red lightsaber-wielding minion, Reva.
But Chow’s best bet here would be to keep Christensen’s involvement to a minimum, perhaps appearing only briefly during a scene in which Vader’s suit is damaged and his original voice bleeds through – something similar happened during the previously mentioned battle with Ahsoka Tano. This would allow Reva and the Grand Inquisitor to do most of the bad guy heavy lifting, leaving Vader as more of a background figure.