Ewan McGregor and Hayden Christensen return to the “Star Wars” universe at the new “Vanity Fair”

Disney + is fully involved in Star Wars, with three shows premiering this year.

Stars Rosario Dawson, Pedro Pascal, Ewan McGregor and Diego Luna on new covers VAnity FairAll personalities and ready to discuss the future of distant galaxies.

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“The unique thing about Star Wars is that we’re basically one story,” says Kathleen Kennedy, president of Lucasfilm. “George was always dealing with episodes. Ironically, he was serializing storytelling. He was influenced by Flash Gordon and Cliffhanger on Saturday at the cinema, all of which were” I think it’s organic that we moved to television because he taught us what the DNA of “Star Wars” is. “

McGregor will return to the franchise that last appeared in 2005’s Revenge of the Sith and will appear in the new series Obi-Wan Kenobi, but Star Wars will make his life more than he expected. I found that I was consuming.

“My partner, Mary [Elizabeth Winstead], I’m doing that “Star Wars” series with Rosario and she’s about to start, “he says. “Our little boy was born into this huge” Star Wars “family. He accepts it or actually vice versa. i don’t know. Maybe he will be Trekkie! “

Also back in the new series franchise is Hayden Christensen, who played Anakin Skywalker in the first movie, and is now completely transformed into Anakin Skywalker.

“This is a character that has come to define my life in so many ways,” says Kristensen. “I was originally hired to play a very specific part of this person’s life. Most of my work was with Anakin. And now I’m back and exploring the character of Anakin Skywalker. Many of the conversations with Deborah [Chow] Not only did I want to convey this sense of strength, but it was associated with imprisonment. With this power and vulnerability, I think it’s an interesting place to explore. “

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Canadian director Deborah Chow, who directs the “Obi-Wan” series, focuses on Kenobi and Anakin and talks about bridging the gap between the first part and the original trilogy.

“For me, there are these two love story dynamics that go through everything through the original trilogy throughout the first part,” she says. “I found it quite difficult not to do so [include] The person who left Kenobi in such anguish in the series. “

She was particularly intrigued by Obi-Wan and still felt a deep love for Anakin. I don’t think he doesn’t care about him. The special thing about that relationship is that they loved each other. “

Following “Obi-Wan Kenobi”, Disney + will premiere the new series “Andor”, a spin-off of the movie “Rogue One”, and Luna will replay her role as a leader in the rebel army. Pascal is also back in the third season of The Mandalorian.