I have to admit, I liked the way that Jay Jayson of Comicbook.com began his article:
"No! That's not true! That's impossible!"
Jayson reported that Making Star Wars is reporting that Hayden Christensen, who played Anakin Skywalker in the prequels, will be making an appearance in Rian Johnson's Star Wars Episode VIII. I have to assume that this had been planned out while Star Wars: The Force Awakens was being written, because it wouldn't make sense not to write the outline for all three chapters so they would have some idea where they were going to take it. That being said...huh???
My first thought was that he was just going to appear as a "ghost" in the film, but the leak went on to say:
"A team in the U.K. are soon heading to the U.S. to begin training Hayden Christensen for a Star Wars: Episode VIII appearance of some sort."
Why would they be training him if he was just going to be floating around in the vapors? So, maybe he'll be appearing in a flashback of some sort? Maybe Kylo Ren has found a way to clone Anakin? Or maybe he's even found a way to resurrect him through using the Dark Arts? Okay, that last one really doesn't make any sense, because if he did bring him back to life, he'd be an old, decrepit man, not the young man that the actor is. One fan's theory is that Kylo Ren, being as obsessed with Darth Vader as he is, will actually try to "recreate" him, by attempting to turn Luke Skywalker to the Dark Side and take up his father's mantle, something that Kylo Ren might think is his destiny. Whatever the reason turns out to be, Christensen's role in the Star Wars universe might not be over.
What do you think? Do you have any theories that I haven't brought up? Let me know in the comments section down below. Star Wars: Episode VIII will arrive in theaters May 26, 2017.
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