Star Wars gave fans even more reason to be excited about the Obi-Wan Kenobi series when we learned it Hayden Christensen reprized the role of Darth Vader in front of Ewan McGregor, but the big question was how much of Hayden Christensen the show would actually show in light of Vader’s signature black suit at this point. the Star Wars timeline . The bacta tub scenes gave Christensen the opportunity to act without the costume in the present of the show, and the actor discussed acting in the tub.
Although the third episode featured a vision of Anakin before Mustafar (and was the first scene Christensen shot for the series ) and the fifth episode delivered a flashback sequence to attack of the clones was , bacta tanks revealed Vader status ten years after Mustafar. The actor was heavily made up underwater for the tank scenes and shared how he really got close to his performance:
While I was in the bacta tub completely submerged in water, I also had to hold my breath the entire time. For some reason I couldn’t breathe through the regulator. Although when I saw Ewan inside it looked like it was getting oxygen through him because you can see the bubbles. But no, I had to hold my breath and I really enjoyed it. I mean, I found them very peaceful in the bacta tub and they are somewhat meditative.
While Ewan McGregor obviously got the oxygen he needed as Obi-Wan, Hayden Christensen didn’t have the same luck with his regulator. Healing as best he could after being left to burn on Mustafar all those years ago clearly wasn’t exactly peaceful for Vader, but it isn’t for the actor. Although he had to hold his breath when he was completely submerged!
Vader and Obi-Wan, ambos curating en tanques de bacta, generate a parallelism between the personages, with Obi-Wan rescuing el tanque tan Pronto como estuvo conscious y bastante ágil par ser a type que acaba de ser arrastrado por un fuoco por su ex best friend. Vader was left in the tub to continue the imperfect recovery from something that happened to him ten years ago. According to Christensen, it was a great experience for him as an actor and he managed to hold his breath for quite a while:
I enjoyed the whole bacta tank making process. We knew I had to hold my breath for this, so I worked with a diving instructor to help me catch my breath. And I think during the shoot I held my breath for about two and a half minutes, which wasn’t bad.
Two and a half minutes is a staggering amount of time to hold your breath, especially in front of a camera, and deliver a performance at the same time. Christensen made the most of her screen time without the black dress, even though she was a big deal on set when he first came out as Vader from delinquent and the original trilogy. Seeing the burned and dismembered body of the Sith Lord also provided a terrifying contrast to Darth Vader wreaking havoc and killing while out of the tub.
All things considered, Obi-Wan Kenobi sheds new light on Darth Vader even as the series focuses on the character of Ewan McGregor and has filled in some gaps for his characters in the nearly two decades between the two. Revenge of the Sith Yes A new hope. Recognized director and executive producer Deborah Chow that connecting films without contradicting the canon was complicated and the show made the most of the room for maneuver in the stories of Obi-Wan, Darth Vader and Princess Leia.
To see how Obi-Wan Kenobi (opens in a new tab) concludes the last chapter of Star Wars saga with the limited series finale Wednesday, June 22 at 12:01 am PT with a Disney + subscription. The platform is full of Star Wars content to help pass the time until the release of the next project set in the galaxy far, far away, with diego luna Andor in August .
Source: Cinemablend
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