r/StarWars • u/Xenezort_ • Dec 13 '20

In only 2 years, Hayden Christensen will be the same age as Darth Vader in A New Hope. Meta

Hayden Christensen was born in 1981, so he's 39 now. Anakin Skywalker was born in 41 BBY (Before the Battle of Yavin, a.k.a. A New Hope). I just thought that's crazy.

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u/sprchrgddc5 Dec 13 '20

Sucks we couldn’t cast a 117 year old Ian McDiarmid for a ROS.

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u/BatmanNoPrep Dec 14 '20

Not sure even that amount of experience would save it. I rewatched Phantom Menace and Rise of Skywalker to see which one holds up better. I’d take that pod racing clustermess ten times out of ten

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u/Bebopo90 Luke Skywalker Dec 14 '20

Episode 1 isn't a bad movie at all, just strikingly average in a lot of ways. It does have its moments, though, (anything involving Maul/pod racing) and its world building is excellent. The story makes sense, and there are no enormous, glaring plot holes.

RoS has mediocre action, a nonsense story, plot holes everywhere, and has a cringe- worthy amount of fan service. It's genuinely one of the worst movies I've ever paid to see. You'd have to pay me to get me to watch it again.