STAR WARS: CLONE WARS Voice Actor Matt Lanter Says Anakin Skywalker Will Be Returning to Animation

We all know by now that Hayden Christensen is returning to the role of Anakin Skywalker/Darth Vader in the upcoming live-action series Obi-Wan Kenobi that is heading to Disney+. But it turns out that the character is also expected to reappear in Star Wars animation in the near future. The news comes from Matt Lanter, who has voiced several characters in the series Star Wars: The Clone Wars, and has even appeared in The Mandalorian, and voiced Anakin in Star Wars: Forces of Destiny, Star Wars Rebels, and some video games.

In a recent interview with EW, Lanter teased that he's been quietly working on some projects for Lucasfilm Animation after Clone Wars concluded with its series finale last year.

"There's some new Lucasfilm Animation going on. I've been a part of some things I can't talk about yet. You'll see Anakin again. I never quite put Anakin down, whether I'm doing a video game or something new for Lucasfilm Animation."

The report speculates that we could see Anakin in Star Wars: The Bad Batch, the spinoff series to Clone Wars that will premiere on Disney+ this May the 4th. The show will focus on Clone Force 99 and feature a number of characters in Star Wars canon, including Ming-Na Wen's The Mandalorian character Fennec in animated form.

Time will tell, but it’s fun to hear that there are Star Wars projects coming up that we haven’t heard about. What Star Wars series are you most looking forward to?