The next of the upcoming Star Wars TV shows is almost here, with The Acolyte exploring the end of the High Republic era , i.e. roughly 100 years before The Phantom Menace .
Leading The Acolyte ’s cast is The Hunger Games ’ Amandla Stenberg, who’s playing Force-sensitive twins Osha and Mae. Ahead of the show’s premiere to Disney+ subscription holders, Stenberg got a congratulatory message from Hayden Christensen , and her reaction to it is so sweet. Christensen, of course, played Anakin Skywalker in Attack of the Clones and Revenge of the Sith , with the latter marking the character’s transformation into Darth Vader.
Yet while his character ultimately embraced the Dark Side from that point forward until saving Luke Skywalker shortly before his death, Christensen gave off nothing but Light Side vibes with his message to Stenberg shared on Instagram and other social media platforms, as seen below: A post shared by Star Wars A photo posted by starwars on Although Hayden Christensen’s initial Star Wars tenure ended nearly 20 years ago (let’s also not forget he took Sebastian Shaw’s place as Anakin’s Force Ghost at the end of Return of the Jedi ), like Amandla Stenberg, he’s been looped into the Disney era of this franchise set in a galaxy far, far away. In addition to making a vocal cameo in The Rise of Skywalker , he starred as Anakin/Vader in Obi-Wan Kenobi and Ahsoka Season 1 . Now he’s passed along the following kind words to Amandla Stenberg right before.