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<\/div>\n<\/figure>\n\n\t\t\tRelated: <\/span>Stars You Forgot Were in the ‘Star Wars’ Universe<\/span><\/a>
\n\t\t<\/h3>\n<\/p><\/div>\n\n\t\t\tCameo alert! Many stars \u2014 including the likes of Carrie Fisher, Mark Hamill, Natalie Portman and Adam Driver \u2014 have explored a galaxy far, far away\u00a0in various\u00a0Star Wars\u00a0films or TV series. However, the main intergalactic adventurers are not the only stars that the sci-fi franchise has seen. Across its original movies and newer Disney+ series, [\u2026]\t\t<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
Before Christensen stepped into Anakin\u2019s shoes, a series of other actors auditioned. While DiCpario, 49, ultimately felt it wasn\u2019t the right project for him \u2014 \u201cI didn\u2019t feel ready to take that dive at that point,\u201d he told Shortlist<\/em><\/a> in 2015 \u2014 other young \u201890s stars such as Devon Sawa<\/strong>, Ryan Phillippe<\/strong>, James Van Der Beek<\/strong> and Paul Walker<\/strong> all went out for the role.<\/p>\nChristensen was ultimately picked to portray the young Jedi turned villainous Darth Vader in the George Lucas franchise, starring in 2002\u2019s Episode II: Attack of the Clones<\/em> alongside Ewan McGregor<\/strong> and Natalie Portman<\/strong>. He reprised the role for Episode III: Revenge of the Sith<\/em>, which premiered in 2005.<\/p>\nAfter the first film hit theaters, it received mixed reactions. Christensen confessed he didn\u2019t see the backlash coming, which included initial harsh reviews of his acting and his dialogue.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe character was criticized, my performance was criticized, and that part sucked,\u201d he recalled. \u201cI [had] watched the film, and I loved it<\/a>. It was everything I wanted and more. And I didn\u2019t understand the disconnect between the movie that I saw, and the negativity in some of the reviews.<\/p>\n\n![\"Stars](\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/Stars-Who-Are-Continually-Snubbed-by-the-Oscars-Leonardo-DiCaprio-Margot-Robbie-and-More-4.jpg?w=1000&quality=86&strip=all\")
<\/div>Emma McIntyre\/WireImage\/Getty Images<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\nHe continued, \u201cGeorge Lucas creates such a unique world<\/a> where everything is so specific, from the way these characters look and the way that they talk, and I feel like sometimes people lose sight of that and they expect them to speak the same way that we speak \u2013 and that\u2019s not what we were going for.\u201d<\/p>\nDespite the criticism, Christensen ultimately chose to return<\/a> for Disney+\u2019s, Obi-Wan Kenobi<\/em> series opposite McGregor, 52, in 2022. He later appeared on the streaming service\u2019s Ahsoka<\/em>, starring Rosario Dawson<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n
Christensen was ultimately picked to portray the young Jedi turned villainous Darth Vader in the George Lucas franchise, starring in 2002\u2019s Episode II: Attack of the Clones<\/em> alongside Ewan McGregor<\/strong> and Natalie Portman<\/strong>. He reprised the role for Episode III: Revenge of the Sith<\/em>, which premiered in 2005.<\/p>\n After the first film hit theaters, it received mixed reactions. Christensen confessed he didn\u2019t see the backlash coming, which included initial harsh reviews of his acting and his dialogue.<\/p>\n \u201cThe character was criticized, my performance was criticized, and that part sucked,\u201d he recalled. \u201cI [had] watched the film, and I loved it<\/a>. It was everything I wanted and more. And I didn\u2019t understand the disconnect between the movie that I saw, and the negativity in some of the reviews.<\/p>\n He continued, \u201cGeorge Lucas creates such a unique world<\/a> where everything is so specific, from the way these characters look and the way that they talk, and I feel like sometimes people lose sight of that and they expect them to speak the same way that we speak \u2013 and that\u2019s not what we were going for.\u201d<\/p>\n Despite the criticism, Christensen ultimately chose to return<\/a> for Disney+\u2019s, Obi-Wan Kenobi<\/em> series opposite McGregor, 52, in 2022. He later appeared on the streaming service\u2019s Ahsoka<\/em>, starring Rosario Dawson<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<\/div>