The Star Wars actor — who played the young Anakin Skywalker in 1999 blockbuster Episode One — The Phantom Menace — was diagnosed with schizophrenia in 2008, and his mother Lisa has opened up about his mental health 25 years after the movie hit the big screen. She told Scripps News how ...
Star Warsfans were surprised when Emperor Palpatine — played by Ian McDiarmid — showed up unannounced in J.J. Abrams’The Rise of Skywalker. The infamous emperor was supposedly dormant for decades, returning to battle it out with Rey Skywalker (Daisy Ridley). Now, McDiarmid is hinting th...
While Anakin Skywalker will return in live-action form by way ofHayden Christensenin the upcomingObi-Wan KenobiDisney+ series,Star Wars: The Clone Warsvoice actorMatt Lantersays the character will also be returning to animation. Lanter shared with EW during an interview forJupiter's Legacyon Net...
Sebastian Shaw also appeared later in theReturn of the Jedias the disembodied spirit of Anakin Skywalker (pictured below). Upon the DVD release of the Star Wars Trilogy (Episodes IV, V, and VI) in September of 2004, many fans were upset that the ghostly figure of Anakin was no longer S...
A New Hope, released in 1977, is the onlyStar Warsmovie that didn’t lean on another character or idea in the franchise, mainly because it was the firstStar Warsstory. But ever since then, everyStar Warsmovie has been a prequel, sequel, or spin off of the Skywalker Saga. For example...
Without question one of, if not the most iconic characters in the Star Wars saga is Darth Vader, the father of Luke Skywalker who gave into the power of the Dark Side, only to be redeemed and appear in his spirit form as his true self, Anakin Skywalker, at the end of Return of ...
actually somewhat defeated by Ahsoka in the season finale’. I think Disney’s portrayal of Vadar via Rebels shows a vastly flawed villain, who certainly does not compare to the heroics of Anakin Skywalker. I wonder how they will flow the flawed Vadar of Rebels into a Vadar ...
The Mandalorianseason 2 is not the first time a character from one of the animatedStar Warsshows made the jump to live-action, but it has the potential to be the most significant instance of that practice. Integrating Ahsoka into the proceedings is major enough, but now the show's ties to...
that he'stoo old to play Krueger again. That being said, Englund did briefly appear in the Halloween episode ofThe Goldbergsas Freddy Krueger, which was the first time he had played the character sinceFreddy vs. Jasonin 2003. Englund has teased that he might have it in him toplay Freddy...