“It’s just so heartwarming,” Christensen says.
“I’ve always felt that the fans got it.
That was never in question for me.
Ewan McGregor and Hayden Christensen in ‘Attack of the Clones’.Lucasfilm LTD.
But certainly, the critics wanted to find all the flaws that they could.
If you’re looking for flaws in anything, you’ve got the option to find something.
But these stories are for the fans.
Ewan McGregor in ‘Obi-Wan Kenobi’.Matt Kennedy/Lucasfilm Ltd.
It’s amazing.”
After working onObi-Wan Kenobiand refamiliarizing himself with theStar Warsfandom, though, he’s found himself rethinking that view.
“I feel like there was a sort of challenge to making the films.
Your scene partner is a tennis ball on a stick, and it’s hard work.
I was just saying to Hayden, no one phoned it in.
We all came with our A games, and we all tried our best.
And then, for the critics not to like them…
The noise that came at us afterwards wasn’t positive.
“But I did play Obi-Wan Kenobi in the prequels!
And I liked what we did!
And I liked the experience of doing it!
So I was really glad to stand on that stage this morning and feel that.”
“Just seeing him again as Obi-Wan was such a thrilling sight,” Christensen says.
“The atmosphere on set was really electric that day,” McGregor recalls.
“I came on set, and I’d been shooting for a little while before Hayden started.
I couldn’t believe how many people were there.
I was looking around, going, ‘There’s so many people on set today!’
I couldn’t figure out what was going on.
