AHSOKA Director Talks About the Return of Hayden Christensen's Anakin Skywalker

Early on in the development of Star Wars: Ahsoka, we knew that Hayden Christensen's Anakin Skywalker was going to return for the series. We just didn’t know any of the details of his return, then the character showed up at the end of Episode 5, and the fans got incredibly excited.

The episode that reintroduced Anakin was directed by Peter Ramsey, and in a recent interview with IGN, he talked about bringing Christiansen back for the first time since he reprised his role as Darth Vader in the Obi-Wan Kenobi series. The version of the character that we’re seeing in Ahsoka, though, is very different. There’s more of a loving presence than someone who is out to watch the world burn. He’s obviously worked through his issues since he died. Ramsey said:

"I told Dave [Filoni], 'man, you gave me a foolproof episode. I so lucked out because I got the one where all these different strands of the story kind of converge and it blows up. You'd have to really mess up in order for it not to be compelling in the end."

Ramsey went on to praise Christensen personally, saying that the star was as happy as anybody else to bring Anakin back to life saying:

"He's a really sweet, low-key guy. He was pretty happy about being there after all this time. It had a lot of meaning for him.”

The director also opened up about what he was looking for from Christensen in the scene where Anakin and Ahsoka reunite:

“We just talked about what it's like for him to be seeing Ahsoka after all this time, that it's a reunion for them, and I just told him, 'it's like you haven't seen your daughter in two years. She'd gone off to college and you're seeing her again and she's like a different person but still your daughter.'"

I’m curious to see how Anakin ends up being utilized in the series and how exactly he’ll help Ahsoka on her journey to find Thrawn and Ezra. Are you happy to see Christensen’s return to the role of Anakin again?