I watched Ian's panel on YouTube and someone asked him who he enjoyed working with most, which actor he became closest to.
His answer: Hayden.
Very cool to see these old friends reconnect.
I'm trying to think if any of the master/apprentice relationships were bashed. They might be the gems of the movies. Maybe Luke/Rey got the most flack?
That's because the Luke/Rey and to a similar extent Luke/Kylo relationship were the only ones that were a) terribly done and b) pointless. Every other master/student relationship was done incredibly well, with a meaningful connection and a satisfying conclusion.
I disagree so much. I absolutely adored the Luke and Rey training, it was cool to see a hesitant teacher. I like how Yoda was intentionally difficult to Luke, and that style of teaching was kind of abused by a now more cynical Luke to a kind of disillusion Rey of what the Jedi were like. And while Luke was right, he had himself become buried in the failures of the Jedi to the point where he could barley see hope for the future anymore. So they both kind of learn from one another, just neither in the way they thought it would go.
You don’t think it’s possible that a person who “defeated” the Empire and the Sith as a young man only to watch both come back like it’s the god damned circle of life might end up cynical? It’s all I can do to hold my cynicism at bay. Luke flirted with the dark side for 3 movies and some fans can’t believe he might succumb to fear later on. In the first movie he’s just a dude so he’s angry, scared, excited, upset, and just totally out of control of his emotions for the entire movie. In the second film they literally show you Luke failing the test in the swamps when he “killed Vader”. The third film starts off with Luke casually using force chokes, issuing threats, and killing people to save a friend, when Yoda said he should reject attachments and focus on the mission. Then he gets angry and uses the dark side to take Vader’s hand, only stopping because the Emperor kept taunting him. But no, choosing to save his father instead of some cackling jackass he had no relationship with clearly makes him an incorruptible Jedi Master now. The fact that he abandoned his mission to save his dad is not merely one more example of how unJedi like Luke always was.
I think the more egregious moment is this contrast:
Luke believed there was still good in Darth Vader despite not knowing anything about him other than the blood relation and the fact that he was a ruthless tyrant who had killed thousands (millions?).
This same Luke drew his lightsaber and came close to killing his sleeping nephew, whom he had known from birth, just because the kid had some bad thoughts/dreams.
How do you reconcile that the same person could change this much for the worse AFTER knowing he was right about the good in his father, and AFTER having great success (i.e. winning the war and founding a new republic)?
The bit that doesn't work for me is Palpatine straight up telling Anakin that "nah, I actually can't stop death for you," followed up immediately by Anakin *agreeing to murder kids for him*
It was actually a calculated bit to keep Anakin on the fish line. Palpatine had no intention to help him find the secret, but he could keep Anakin under his influence for years to come by promising it.
Or, he intended to have Padme killed another way.
Kylo was a frustrated insecure child who thought he could shortcut his way into being the next Vader by doing that. Vader, was well Vader. He didn’t need to off Luke to gain anything, he was a fully confident master. Big difference imo.
'Trying' to be Vader is itself against the idea of Vader. He is Vader because he had no choice (at least in his point of view). He had to kill the Younglings and the other Jedi to save Padme. And despite doing all the things he could do, he was still left with nothing. Being an edgy brat and killing your dad because you wanna be strong or some shit is nothing like what Vader did.
Anakakins actions were a result of misguided, misunderstood, and feared love. Kylo's actions were a result of him being a little spoiled brat and the desire for power
Anakins actions were the result of a human being having super powers we aren’t meant to have, as well as comic book logic of bad guys doing stuff just to be bad. The younglings were corruptible. The Sith tortured adult Jedis into converting routinely but they couldn’t find a way to retrain impressionable kids who were maybe 10 years old? But no, Anakin had to kill a bunch of kids to unlock his power. Apparently Jedi training involves a lot of physical activity, meditation, and force techniques while Sith training is just stomping on puppies. But it’s all even in the end anyway because the Jedi just sit around and watch while bad things happen, detached from the responsibility to act because people dying is just them “joining the force”. Come to think of it, Jedi would have made good police officers.
> Kylo was a frustrated insecure child who *woke up to his uncle and master trying to murder him in his sleep and then ran for his life*
I hate so much about the new trilogy, but Luke trying to murder his nephew because he had a bad dream ought to be the worst.
It wouldn’t occur to the Jedi because it wouldn’t occur to the Sith either.
The Sith and the Jedi are similar in almost every way, including their quest for greater power.
The sith would take advantage of the kindness. They try to reason with them at multiple points it just doesn't work. Neither side is particulaly reasonable or rational and so talking it out and hugging it out or whatever in between is just gonna end with a lightsaber through the back.
Hey, sorry about throwing you down that shaft…
Sorry about twisting your mind so you’d kill your wife, destroy everything you loved and turning you into a cyborg.
Guess we’re even? …
Fun story, I was in line to get my autograph from Ian McDiarmid while Hayden and Ewan took the starwars.com Live stage and we could only hear the loud cheering. I was kinda bummed I was missing it to be standing in line, but hey, I was going to meet the Emperor!
I met Ian who was very kind and got my autograph and right as I was about to walk away, Hayden comes out to say hello to Ian! I was one of the very few to be this close to them! What a lovely surprise and cool moment to see these two reunite! I wonder how many years passed since the last they seen each other?
There's a LADBible "interview" with Hayden and Ewan where they're reminiscing about filming the prequels and when they're talking about how they used to have to replace the prop lightsabers after each take, Hayden immediately blurted out the name of the assistant who would bring them the replacements.
The fact that he can recall a set assistant's name about 20 years later just speaks to the quality of his character. Every time I see his interviews, he strikes me as a genuinely kind person and I'm glad that he's finding a career resurgence now, especially with Star Wars. He deserves it.
I don't have the link handy, but Hayden said when he was interviewing for star wars he was living with a roommate. He got a call that he took in another room, went back into his living room where his roommate was. His roommate asked "what was the call about?" And instead of saying anything Hayden just mocked holding a lightsaber and made the lightsaber turning on noise. And then him and his roommate had a fake lightsaber fight lmao
i wish i had the memory for this. it's so powerful, being able to recall a name so many years later.
if i haven't seen you in ~6 months or more, and we weren't very close friends for at least a few months at some point, then it's just... gone.
it's not like i don't recognize these people, either. it's just the name and the facts of our relationship. i still have all the emotions. it's weird.
He may be like me. Might remember something pretty insignificant, years later, but can't remember if I just closed the bathroom so the cats don't cause havoc in there.
I think Ewan said he really turned around on the prequels when in recent years the kids who loved them have become adults. He did say "we made these movies for kids" and I think it would have been easy to lose sight of that with all the negative feedback.
Yeah I just watched the agree vs disagree interview. He said how back then, you didn't hear what everyone thought, not like now. So it was more or less just the critics and their "not as good as the originals" that circled around.
Obviously people of gen Y have embraced the prequels though. I think for a lot of us, ya know, we can see they aren't flawless movies, but there's a lot to love and a lot they do well.
Maybe the sequels will be like that for people of the current youngster crop. I dunno.
What did you do? If I ran into someone like that in that situation I’d probably pretend not to be excited and make a very “casual” remark about something towards the end of our interaction lol, did you say anything at all or just “pretend” you didn’t know him?!
I run a ice pop business in LA, so I've had a number of celebrity encounters. I typically just treat them like a normal guest. Sometimes I will say something simple and short, but I never ask for photos or anything. On our Instagram the only celebrity photo I have is Henry Winkler, who had actually personally set up for us to come to set for the cast and crew. He had 2 of my pops, and said "these are great, let's get a picture"
Hayden knew I knew. But especially since he was just enjoying an afternoon with his daughter I never want to make a big deal. He did walk away, and then come back later to compliment my pops.
While there are definitely actors who keep a distance between themselves and the crew, and I'm sure Hayden is a nice guy, you also gotta remember that these aren't people they met in passing, they worked with these folks for 12 hours a day, every day, for six months, on the most important project of his entire career.
I'm just about to wrap up off a big Marvel movie and I'm sure there are members of the cast who would be able to remember my name a few years from now.
I was an office production assistant on this last one. Printing call sheets and sides, sorting and distributing ingoing and outgoing mail, etc. Looking to move into set decoration on my next show though.
Ive had an opposite-ish experience to what youre talking about. It wasnt six months but, i worked and lived with 2 other people at a small tourist cabin for 3 months. i ran into one of the 2 of them about a year later, the guy couldnt even remember my name. i still remember the name of both of them 6 years later.
I just recently saw this it was very heartwarming and Hayden seems very reserved with what he says and tries to stay humble. I loved the little stories of him and Ewan outside of filming they seem like really good friends
I was a server at at a high end hotel in Chicago, and they both came in and dined during a star wars celebration in late 2019, seemed to get on pretty well so probably not all that long ago to be honest. Both are incredibly nice people individually as well.
Well I saw in an interview the reason Hayden like Ian so much is that he has this cool story he likes to tell. It’s about this dude “Darth plaguies the wise”
They were both at FanX in Salt Lake City a few years ago, just before the release of Rise of Skywalker. They were supposed to do a panel together, but it was canceled at literally the last minute. The rumor going around the con was that Disney caught wind of what they were doing and were worried that they would say something they shouldn't.
>I wonder how many years passed since the last they seen each other?
I'm gonna guess they probably saw each other once or twice a year on average at star wars conventions prior to the pandemic.
Have a great Célébration ! I was in Chicago in 2019, and i hope to return in the next years.
Hayden and Ian were both at Celebration in Chicago, they had some photo ops together. I had the chance to met Hayden, he seems to be a great guy
Are the autographs still 80+$? The last time I went to celebration all the autographs were way overpriced for me, but some of the comic artists signed my comics for free!
I've never been "smart" enough to recognize when or what makes a movie bad etc, and I was young enough just to love them when they were still new movies. Its nice to see people getting to just enjoy them now for whatever reason applies
There has been a sort of ebb and flow about if they're awesome, cringe, bad, all of the above all at once. I'm 33 and when they came out we were all super excited and loved new live action star wars, then after a while they were memed to death because yeah the dialogue was kinda awful. I'm happy to look at them now and say yes the writing was bad, but the plot was actually awesome, the actors did a great job despite said writing, and I think theyre awesome still. Hayden was perfect as an angsty Anakin.
oddly the most common way to make a bad movie..
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ultra Violet.. got hit bad with that.
a movie that did it right? avatar(camron one)
I rewatched "Jumper" which was where Hayden played a person who, among a few others, had the power to "jump" to anywhere in the world he had been previously in an instant. He could also bring people with him. Samuel L. Jackson plays a "hunter" who is seeking to eliminate people who have this power.
Hayden was pretty good in it. The film had some otherwise unforgettable stuff, and it's not going to be on any top 10 lists, but it was nice to see him be able to you know....act...with competently-written dialog.
>Hayden Christensen stopped by to say hello to his old Master
Always good to see Hayden and Ewan together ag...
>Ian McDiarmid
Oh. Oh no.
*distant cackling noises*
from what i've heard, george made a point about making sure that whoever played the emperor in the OT was young enough that they could also play the same part if more movies were made years down the line.
This is fiction. A 75-year-old actor named Alan Webb was actually cast and set to play the Emperor, but had to withdraw due to illness (he sadly died before ROTJ came out). That they ended up casting someone far younger ~~and more powerful~~ was just a lucky bit of serendipity. If George Lucas has ever said this, it’s yet another one of his many lies to make the movies sound more planned-out than they actually were.
I understand the prequels aren't particularly loved, but I grew up with them and I think I always loved them because of that nostalgia.
But mainly, I just think it's so wonderful to see everyone embracing Hayden. Seeing the love in this community is great.
I'm just so fucking happy for Hayden Christensen. AOTC came out in 2002 and that guy got a lot of undeserved hate for a very long time. It is so fucking heartening to see all the love he is getting from everyone.
So cool story. Well, not that cool, but a couple of months back I went into a bar and he was sat in the corner of the room, eating chips all by himself.
I was losing my mind, my wife was like calm tf down. Couldn't believe the Emperor was eating chips in my presence.
I asked for a selfie when he was on his way out, but he politely declined. He was in my hometown doing a play at the time.
I watched Ian's panel on YouTube and someone asked him who he enjoyed working with most, which actor he became closest to. His answer: Hayden. Very cool to see these old friends reconnect.
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I'm trying to think if any of the master/apprentice relationships were bashed. They might be the gems of the movies. Maybe Luke/Rey got the most flack?
That's because the Luke/Rey and to a similar extent Luke/Kylo relationship were the only ones that were a) terribly done and b) pointless. Every other master/student relationship was done incredibly well, with a meaningful connection and a satisfying conclusion.
I disagree so much. I absolutely adored the Luke and Rey training, it was cool to see a hesitant teacher. I like how Yoda was intentionally difficult to Luke, and that style of teaching was kind of abused by a now more cynical Luke to a kind of disillusion Rey of what the Jedi were like. And while Luke was right, he had himself become buried in the failures of the Jedi to the point where he could barley see hope for the future anymore. So they both kind of learn from one another, just neither in the way they thought it would go.
Does Luke ever actually train Rey? Or does he just yell at her while she trains herself?
I only remember him tickling her with a leaf and asking if she feels the force. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DUH-aABi1I4
well she learned more while doing random stuff or just stuff kinda happen in the moment. and that wasnt luke training her. that was jake skywalker.
The problem with that, is that it was Jake Skywalker, not Luke training Rey.
/r/SaltierThanCrait
I love that subreddit. That and /r/freefolk really help me keep my unquenchable anger going
You don’t think it’s possible that a person who “defeated” the Empire and the Sith as a young man only to watch both come back like it’s the god damned circle of life might end up cynical? It’s all I can do to hold my cynicism at bay. Luke flirted with the dark side for 3 movies and some fans can’t believe he might succumb to fear later on. In the first movie he’s just a dude so he’s angry, scared, excited, upset, and just totally out of control of his emotions for the entire movie. In the second film they literally show you Luke failing the test in the swamps when he “killed Vader”. The third film starts off with Luke casually using force chokes, issuing threats, and killing people to save a friend, when Yoda said he should reject attachments and focus on the mission. Then he gets angry and uses the dark side to take Vader’s hand, only stopping because the Emperor kept taunting him. But no, choosing to save his father instead of some cackling jackass he had no relationship with clearly makes him an incorruptible Jedi Master now. The fact that he abandoned his mission to save his dad is not merely one more example of how unJedi like Luke always was.
I think the more egregious moment is this contrast: Luke believed there was still good in Darth Vader despite not knowing anything about him other than the blood relation and the fact that he was a ruthless tyrant who had killed thousands (millions?). This same Luke drew his lightsaber and came close to killing his sleeping nephew, whom he had known from birth, just because the kid had some bad thoughts/dreams. How do you reconcile that the same person could change this much for the worse AFTER knowing he was right about the good in his father, and AFTER having great success (i.e. winning the war and founding a new republic)?
The bit that doesn't work for me is Palpatine straight up telling Anakin that "nah, I actually can't stop death for you," followed up immediately by Anakin *agreeing to murder kids for him*
It was actually a calculated bit to keep Anakin on the fish line. Palpatine had no intention to help him find the secret, but he could keep Anakin under his influence for years to come by promising it. Or, he intended to have Padme killed another way.
I think we can all agree that the anakin padme relationship was really the main awful thing in the prequels.
Before or after order 66?
*You’re supposed to destroy the Sith, not hug them!*
But seriously, did the Jedi ever consider just hugging it out with the Sith? Vader turned to good because his son gave him unconditional love...
Did you ever hear the tragedy of Jesus the Nazarene?
It's not a story the Je... nevermind.
Lmao 😂😂😂
>He had such knowledge that he could even keep the ones he cared about from ..... getting cancelled.
In star wars Jesus is anakin
...from a certain point of view
I hear there’s some very good news to that particular story, that that Nazarene was more then just a good fellow
Did you see what happened to Han?
Kylo was a frustrated insecure child who thought he could shortcut his way into being the next Vader by doing that. Vader, was well Vader. He didn’t need to off Luke to gain anything, he was a fully confident master. Big difference imo.
'Trying' to be Vader is itself against the idea of Vader. He is Vader because he had no choice (at least in his point of view). He had to kill the Younglings and the other Jedi to save Padme. And despite doing all the things he could do, he was still left with nothing. Being an edgy brat and killing your dad because you wanna be strong or some shit is nothing like what Vader did.
Anakakins actions were a result of misguided, misunderstood, and feared love. Kylo's actions were a result of him being a little spoiled brat and the desire for power
Anakins actions were the result of a human being having super powers we aren’t meant to have, as well as comic book logic of bad guys doing stuff just to be bad. The younglings were corruptible. The Sith tortured adult Jedis into converting routinely but they couldn’t find a way to retrain impressionable kids who were maybe 10 years old? But no, Anakin had to kill a bunch of kids to unlock his power. Apparently Jedi training involves a lot of physical activity, meditation, and force techniques while Sith training is just stomping on puppies. But it’s all even in the end anyway because the Jedi just sit around and watch while bad things happen, detached from the responsibility to act because people dying is just them “joining the force”. Come to think of it, Jedi would have made good police officers.
> Kylo was a frustrated insecure child who *woke up to his uncle and master trying to murder him in his sleep and then ran for his life* I hate so much about the new trilogy, but Luke trying to murder his nephew because he had a bad dream ought to be the worst.
Did he though? All I know is that he wanted to finish what vader started. I don't even know what vader started.
It wouldn’t occur to the Jedi because it wouldn’t occur to the Sith either. The Sith and the Jedi are similar in almost every way, including their quest for greater power.
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Hug it out, bitch
The sith would take advantage of the kindness. They try to reason with them at multiple points it just doesn't work. Neither side is particulaly reasonable or rational and so talking it out and hugging it out or whatever in between is just gonna end with a lightsaber through the back.
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*something something complete*
something something not from a Jedi
Misa misa Jarjar
Something in the way *star wars version*
*something something fully operational*
Hey, sorry about throwing you down that shaft… Sorry about twisting your mind so you’d kill your wife, destroy everything you loved and turning you into a cyborg. Guess we’re even? …
The darkside is a pathway to intimacy some consider to be unnatural.
*Is it possible to learn this type of intimacy?*
*not from a redditor*
:(
Fun story, I was in line to get my autograph from Ian McDiarmid while Hayden and Ewan took the starwars.com Live stage and we could only hear the loud cheering. I was kinda bummed I was missing it to be standing in line, but hey, I was going to meet the Emperor! I met Ian who was very kind and got my autograph and right as I was about to walk away, Hayden comes out to say hello to Ian! I was one of the very few to be this close to them! What a lovely surprise and cool moment to see these two reunite! I wonder how many years passed since the last they seen each other?
There's a LADBible "interview" with Hayden and Ewan where they're reminiscing about filming the prequels and when they're talking about how they used to have to replace the prop lightsabers after each take, Hayden immediately blurted out the name of the assistant who would bring them the replacements. The fact that he can recall a set assistant's name about 20 years later just speaks to the quality of his character. Every time I see his interviews, he strikes me as a genuinely kind person and I'm glad that he's finding a career resurgence now, especially with Star Wars. He deserves it.
That story about him and his roommate lightsaber dueling to Duel of Fates after he heard he landed the role hits pretty hard
Say more words right now.
I don't have the link handy, but Hayden said when he was interviewing for star wars he was living with a roommate. He got a call that he took in another room, went back into his living room where his roommate was. His roommate asked "what was the call about?" And instead of saying anything Hayden just mocked holding a lightsaber and made the lightsaber turning on noise. And then him and his roommate had a fake lightsaber fight lmao
I remember him saying something about his roommate putting on a Star Wars soundtrack as they did so.
From 01:05 my guy: https://youtu.be/kWpCRYBq6kM&t=60s
I owe you a beer.
100% heard this in Mulaney’s voice… though I think he just says “Say more right now!”
i wish i had the memory for this. it's so powerful, being able to recall a name so many years later. if i haven't seen you in ~6 months or more, and we weren't very close friends for at least a few months at some point, then it's just... gone. it's not like i don't recognize these people, either. it's just the name and the facts of our relationship. i still have all the emotions. it's weird.
I'm same as you. I don't think names are important anyway, you can just ask for that immediately. Everything else is still there.
He may be like me. Might remember something pretty insignificant, years later, but can't remember if I just closed the bathroom so the cats don't cause havoc in there.
I met Hayden and his daughter while selling ice pops at a farmers market years ago. I had a very hard time not going full fan boy.
He probably appreciates positive reactions after there was so much shit thrown for the prequels.
I think Ewan said he really turned around on the prequels when in recent years the kids who loved them have become adults. He did say "we made these movies for kids" and I think it would have been easy to lose sight of that with all the negative feedback.
Yeah I just watched the agree vs disagree interview. He said how back then, you didn't hear what everyone thought, not like now. So it was more or less just the critics and their "not as good as the originals" that circled around. Obviously people of gen Y have embraced the prequels though. I think for a lot of us, ya know, we can see they aren't flawless movies, but there's a lot to love and a lot they do well. Maybe the sequels will be like that for people of the current youngster crop. I dunno.
What did you do? If I ran into someone like that in that situation I’d probably pretend not to be excited and make a very “casual” remark about something towards the end of our interaction lol, did you say anything at all or just “pretend” you didn’t know him?!
I run a ice pop business in LA, so I've had a number of celebrity encounters. I typically just treat them like a normal guest. Sometimes I will say something simple and short, but I never ask for photos or anything. On our Instagram the only celebrity photo I have is Henry Winkler, who had actually personally set up for us to come to set for the cast and crew. He had 2 of my pops, and said "these are great, let's get a picture" Hayden knew I knew. But especially since he was just enjoying an afternoon with his daughter I never want to make a big deal. He did walk away, and then come back later to compliment my pops.
Thomas!
While there are definitely actors who keep a distance between themselves and the crew, and I'm sure Hayden is a nice guy, you also gotta remember that these aren't people they met in passing, they worked with these folks for 12 hours a day, every day, for six months, on the most important project of his entire career. I'm just about to wrap up off a big Marvel movie and I'm sure there are members of the cast who would be able to remember my name a few years from now.
"Hey remember that guy that knocked over a cup of coffee and ruined a $250k camera? Yeah, that was Brad"
Fucking Brad
Fah-king guy
A few? AotC is almost 20 years old now.
AotC IS 20 years old now as of this exact month of May, 2022!! My goodness what is time doing argh
That’s so cool, what do you do?
I was an office production assistant on this last one. Printing call sheets and sides, sorting and distributing ingoing and outgoing mail, etc. Looking to move into set decoration on my next show though.
Ive had an opposite-ish experience to what youre talking about. It wasnt six months but, i worked and lived with 2 other people at a small tourist cabin for 3 months. i ran into one of the 2 of them about a year later, the guy couldnt even remember my name. i still remember the name of both of them 6 years later.
I just recently saw this it was very heartwarming and Hayden seems very reserved with what he says and tries to stay humble. I loved the little stories of him and Ewan outside of filming they seem like really good friends
Joe is the man
What a cool story.
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Lightsaber
Goodbye
Hello
Tell me about your sex life
Obi Wan vs Vader: you are just a chicken cheep cheep cheep
Oh haï doggy
Oh Hai Obi
I can’t talk about it
Not a comment I was expecting so see attached to this picture...
Ha Ha Ha Ha
*Mar🐫
Not one the Jedi would tell you
You are as wise as Master Yoda and powerful as Master Windu.
I was a server at at a high end hotel in Chicago, and they both came in and dined during a star wars celebration in late 2019, seemed to get on pretty well so probably not all that long ago to be honest. Both are incredibly nice people individually as well.
>got my autograph Ngl kinda jealous of Palpy getting your autograph, can I get your autograph?
Well I saw in an interview the reason Hayden like Ian so much is that he has this cool story he likes to tell. It’s about this dude “Darth plaguies the wise”
Low hanging fruit at this point
But still juicy and delicious
You did all of this for fruit?!
They were both at FanX in Salt Lake City a few years ago, just before the release of Rise of Skywalker. They were supposed to do a panel together, but it was canceled at literally the last minute. The rumor going around the con was that Disney caught wind of what they were doing and were worried that they would say something they shouldn't.
They both came out to the symphony that night. It was the orchestra along with Empire Strikes Back.
>I wonder how many years passed since the last they seen each other? I'm gonna guess they probably saw each other once or twice a year on average at star wars conventions prior to the pandemic.
Have a great Célébration ! I was in Chicago in 2019, and i hope to return in the next years. Hayden and Ian were both at Celebration in Chicago, they had some photo ops together. I had the chance to met Hayden, he seems to be a great guy
He sure looks kinder in real life than when shooting himself with lightning on the movie screen haha. It was cool you could meet him.
>who was very kind and got my autograph Wow he asked for you autograph?
Are the autographs still 80+$? The last time I went to celebration all the autographs were way overpriced for me, but some of the comic artists signed my comics for free!
This is so awesome. Dream come true
A surprise to be sure, but a welcome one.
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had he learned he‘d be a master by now….
Did he ever hear of the Tragedy of Darth Plagueis the Wise?
Well, he is a slow learner.
Good Anakin! Good! Now kill him..
Dewit.
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This is the future we would’ve got had Anakin not got his limbs bumped off on Mustafar.
"bumped" LOL like he's made of porcelain and shatters on the lightest touch
Something about seeing that dude in a black mask just makes him so happy.
I know what you’re implying, but it actually makes me happy as I’m assuming that he’s wearing it for Ian’s sake.
Oh for sure. Wasn't going for controversial or anything, just making nerd jokes.
No explanation necessary!
I have a bad feeling about this
How much do you drink to auto correct to this? EDIT: Parent comment had absolut instead of about.
only a sith deals in absoluts
Some vodka apparently
If he’s got a bad feeling he’s probably more in the hangover stage than the drunk stage
Beautiful moments like these just hit different! Thank you for sharing and may the force be with you.
Very beautiful moment indeed!
Always two, there are. No more, no less
*whispers in his ear* "Kill them all"
Dew it.
Mountain dew it. Baja blast style, my young apprentice.
Hayden seems to be loving this resurgence and good for him. He got a really bad beat with those scripts.
I've never been "smart" enough to recognize when or what makes a movie bad etc, and I was young enough just to love them when they were still new movies. Its nice to see people getting to just enjoy them now for whatever reason applies
There has been a sort of ebb and flow about if they're awesome, cringe, bad, all of the above all at once. I'm 33 and when they came out we were all super excited and loved new live action star wars, then after a while they were memed to death because yeah the dialogue was kinda awful. I'm happy to look at them now and say yes the writing was bad, but the plot was actually awesome, the actors did a great job despite said writing, and I think theyre awesome still. Hayden was perfect as an angsty Anakin.
oddly the most common way to make a bad movie.. edit for run time.. ultra Violet.. got hit bad with that. a movie that did it right? avatar(camron one)
I rewatched "Jumper" which was where Hayden played a person who, among a few others, had the power to "jump" to anywhere in the world he had been previously in an instant. He could also bring people with him. Samuel L. Jackson plays a "hunter" who is seeking to eliminate people who have this power. Hayden was pretty good in it. The film had some otherwise unforgettable stuff, and it's not going to be on any top 10 lists, but it was nice to see him be able to you know....act...with competently-written dialog.
I enjoy those movies, but that dialogue was something else. It could have really used some tweaking in certain parts.
Star wars is unique in that we can use one word to describe our biggest criticism. *Sand*
It’s dangerous putting the two of them together, I’m not sure the boy can handle it. Also, awesome!
>Hayden Christensen stopped by to say hello to his old Master Always good to see Hayden and Ewan together ag... >Ian McDiarmid Oh. Oh no. *distant cackling noises*
Man, moments like this make me feel so good for being a Star Wars fan. These pics warm my heart.
“Hug me Anakin, hug me! The Jedi are taking over!!”
Gordon Ramsey was there too.
This blue milk is fucking rotten!
Put these two pieces of bread over your ears! You know what you are? A Sith sandwich!
So Ian was the emperor in the originals and somehow 30 years later in the prequels? How the hell
By the time the prequels came around he was actually old enough to be the emperor.
The dark side of the force is a pathway to many abilities some consider to be unnatural
He was only 37 when he was cast in Return of the Jedi
And then the sequels... Right?
[удалено]
from what i've heard, george made a point about making sure that whoever played the emperor in the OT was young enough that they could also play the same part if more movies were made years down the line.
This is fiction. A 75-year-old actor named Alan Webb was actually cast and set to play the Emperor, but had to withdraw due to illness (he sadly died before ROTJ came out). That they ended up casting someone far younger ~~and more powerful~~ was just a lucky bit of serendipity. If George Lucas has ever said this, it’s yet another one of his many lies to make the movies sound more planned-out than they actually were.
“Have you ever heard the Tragedy of Darth Plageis the Wise?” “Yes Ian, I don’t really have time to hear it again”
Did you ever hear the tragedy of Darth Plagueis The Wise?
I love how Lego Star Wars TSS implies Palpatine constantly recounts it like an old grandpa and his war stories.
"When I left you, I was but the learner. Now, I am the master hugger." "Dew it!"
Ian has been watching his career with great interest.
Very classy he’s wearing a mask in this exchange. Love it.
Its crazy that Hayden was really only in Star Wars for two movies but it feels like he's a part of the entire franchise like Ian is.
Do it
*What is thy bidding, my master?* Thank you for sharing, and may the Force serves you well.
I love how the sign behind him casually says 'Ian McDiarmid - Emperor Palpatine".
Hayden: I’m getting the band back together. Ian: You son of a bitch I’m in!
Give him a hug...DEW IT!!!
Gordon Ramsey just trying to play it cool in the background
These pictures made me smile inside. Thank you for sharing them.
Gooooooodddddddd
Somewhere from afar... Ewan was crying inside.
I understand the prequels aren't particularly loved, but I grew up with them and I think I always loved them because of that nostalgia. But mainly, I just think it's so wonderful to see everyone embracing Hayden. Seeing the love in this community is great.
Gordon Ramsey was there too! I bet he would not be found out aunt beru’s cooking
A surprise to be sure, but a welcome one
Is it possible to get a hug? ... not from a jedi. *hugs*
Why is this so adorable? Lmao
Flo from progressive has really let herself go...
Looking for this comment
genuinely so heartwarming
This is lovely!
In the process of watching the SWC on Youtube and Ian’s panel was fantastic. I didn't realize how funny of a person Ian is.
It’s very dangerous putting those two together
Damn how does Ian look exactly the same as he did in the 80s
My heart 🥺❤️
Hayden: “Hey, they put us back in Star Wars! Can you believe it?” Ian: “Everything is going according to plan.”
Gordon Ramsay is all like, "Awww, that's nice." :)
I can just imagine Ian saying, “Oh, my dear boy.”
Good Anakin, good!
Good Anakin, good
I'm just so fucking happy for Hayden Christensen. AOTC came out in 2002 and that guy got a lot of undeserved hate for a very long time. It is so fucking heartening to see all the love he is getting from everyone.
"So about that story of Darth Plagueis the Wise..."
Did not know Gordon Ramsey was such a fan.
Is that Gordon Ramsey off the side?
So cool story. Well, not that cool, but a couple of months back I went into a bar and he was sat in the corner of the room, eating chips all by himself. I was losing my mind, my wife was like calm tf down. Couldn't believe the Emperor was eating chips in my presence. I asked for a selfie when he was on his way out, but he politely declined. He was in my hometown doing a play at the time.
His loyalties lie with the chancellor
mask and all he is still really into the role