23. "Incredible." In response to In response to 22 Tue Sep-12-23 10:20 PM by soulfunk
Hayden Christensen was just outstanding in this. This was the best live action Anakin we’ve seen. He had to combine the persona of ROTS Anakin/Vader with The Clone Wars animation Anakin which had voice performance by Matt Lanter. All in the same scenes. And he did it flawlessly both in acting and in lightsaber fighting style. This is also by far the best de-aging I’ve seen in Star Wars.
Rosario should get credit as well. Notice that when she came back she was wearing white robes, as Ahsoka the White. Filoni has talked about comparing Ahsoka to Gandalf the White and I think we’re seeing it here. Her personality is completely changed. She’s gone from super stoic and seeing the risks to being optimistic and seeing the possibilities. There were a lot of people on the SW fandom talking about her personality and saying she was too stoic without regard for everything that character has been through. But now was also see that it’s given Rosario the ability to show character development.
Also - props to Filoni for using the World Between Worlds in a way that didn’t get too heavy into backstory. If you’ve never heard of the WBW you’d still get it right away as we essentially see Anakin take her through the Ghosts of Ahsoka past.
I also have to add that seeing a live action lid playing Ahsoka during The Clone Wars really drove home how wrong the Jedi were in becoming soldiers fighting a war instead of being keepers of the peace.