Industry heavyweight The Hollywood Reporter are claiming that Hayden Christensen – who Lucasfilm have already announced will be appearing in the forthcoming Obi-Wan Kenobi series coming in 2022 on Disney Plus alongside his prequel trilogy co-star Ewan McGregor – will also be a part of the new Ahsoka series, starring Rosario Dawson.
The actor will reprise his role of Anakin Skywalker, aka Darth Vader, in Ahsoka, the latest Star Wars live-action series from Lucasfilm and Disney+, multiple sources tell The Hollywood Reporter.
Rosario Dawson is starring as the fan-favorite character of Ahsoka Tano, a Jedi Knight survivor popular in the animation side of Star Wars who made her live-action debut in the second season of The Mandalorian.
Plot details are being kept in the far reaches of the Outer Rim but it is known that longtime Star Wars lightsaber wielder Dave Filoni is writing the series and exec producing with Jon Favreau.
It is unclear how Skywalker, or for that matter, Vader, will figure into Ahsoka, which, like Mandalorian, is set five years after the events of Return of the Jedi, thus after Vader’s death.
The character of Tano was the padawan (apprentice) of Skywalker so the latter’s appearance in the series could be in the form of flashbacks. But knowing a thing or two about how the Force works, sources also posit the theory the character could be a Force Ghost.
Disney was as silent as Darth Maul when asked to comment. Production is due to begin early 2022.
Presumably, to involve Anakin as anything other than a Force ghost, which is perfectly reasonable to expect, then Ahsoka could be heading into the past in flashbacks. One way or the other we will find out when Ahsoka arrives on Disney Plus.