Obi-Wan Kenobi director Deborah Chow explained how even the show’s star was overshadowed when Darth Vader walked on set for the first time.
Chow spoke to Entertainment Weekly about the upcoming Star Wars series on Disney+ and how it will reunite Ewan McGregor and Hayden Christensen on the big screen. But more importantly for fans, it will reunite Obi-Wan and Darth Vader, and it turns out one is clearly more of a show-stopper than the other. “The first time I saw him in costume and the full thing going, he’s towering over me,” Chow said. “He’s like literally almost twice my size, it felt like. It’s really intense to have such an iconic character, and then to be directing him and to be doing new scenes with him. So I do remember poor Ewan on that day, he’s like, ‘What am I, chopped liver by comparison right now?'”
“I know that for Vader, it’s something that it’s almost part of our consciousness because we’ve all had it in our lives for so long that to actually see him on set, it’s pretty sort of significant,” Chow continued. “It’s kind of moving.”
While Vader appearing on the TV series is certainly significant, and will likely be a big draw for viewers, Christensen’s return to Star Wars after his maligned performances in Attack of the Clones and Revenge of the Sith is something of a vindication for the actor and all those fans who love the Prequel Trilogy. For Chow, there was never any question that the actor would reprise his role.
“Obviously, Hayden was going to be part of this series, and when he first came on to set for us, it definitely had a very special feeling,” Chow said. “And it was a really interesting moment for me because you really started to see the different generations and how they connect to Star Wars and the franchise, where you have a generation that grew up with the prequels first and with Hayden. It’s a totally different thing for them than a generation that grew up with the originals. And then there’s younger generations with the new ones. So it felt really special bringing him back.”
Obi-Wan Kenobi premieres May 25 on Disney+.
Source: Entertainment Weekly
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