Ewan McGregor And Hayden Christensen Talk Returning To The ‘Star Wars’ Universe In The New ‘Vanity Fair’

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Disney+ is going all in on “Star Wars”, with three shows premiering this year. Stars Rosario Dawson, Pedro Pascal, Ewan McGregor and Diego Luna are on the cover of the new Vanity Fair, all in character, and ready to discuss the future of a galaxy far, far away. READ MORE: Ewan McGregor Passionately Defends The ‘Star Wars’ Prequel Movies: ‘I Like Them’ “What’s unique about ‘Star Wars’ is that we’re one story, basically,” says Lucasfilm president Kathleen Kennedy. “George was always dealing with episodes.

Ironically, he was serializing his storytelling. He was influenced by Flash Gordon and cliffhangers on Saturdays at movie theatres.

All of that informed what the DNA of ‘Star Wars’ is, which is why I think it’s just organic that we made the transition into television.” McGregor is returning to the franchise — last appearing in 2005’s “Revenge of the Sith” — to star in the new series “Obi-Wan Kenobi”, but it turns out “Star Wars” is consuming his life even more than he expected. “My partner, Mary [Elizabeth Winstead], is doing that ‘Star Wars’ series with Rosario and she’s about to start,” he says. “Our little boy has been born into this massive ‘Star Wars’ family.

He will either embrace it or really go the other way. I don’t know. Maybe he’ll be a Trekkie!” Also returning to the franchise for the new series is Hayden Christensen, who played Anakin Skywalker in the prequel films, and has now fully transformed into Darth Vader. “This is a character that has come to define my life in so many ways,” Christensen says. “I was originally hired to play a very specific portion of this person’s life.