Hayden Christensen reduce a low profile as he stepped out for a coffee with a friend in Los Feliz, California, on Wednesday.
The Star Wars actor, 43, is never seen out in public and saved issues low-key as he smoked a cigarette throughout his newest outing in the Los Feliz neighbourhood.
He regarded trendy in a black T-shirt and gray saggy trousers, which he styled with a good gray jacket as he visited Starbucks with his friend.
Hayden, famed for enjoying Anakin Skywalker/Darth Vader in the sci-fi prequels, saved snug in a pair of orange trainers to finish his look.
He sported a black Nike baseball cap as he saved a low profile, trying strikingly completely different from his Star Wars days.
Hayden usually retains out of the highlight however reemerged late final 12 months when he celebrated his Star Wars co-star Ewan McGregor at his Hollywood Walk of Fame ceremony.
Hayden Christensen reduce a low profile as he stepped out for a coffee with a friend in Los Feliz, California, on Wednesday
Ewan, 53, who performed Obi-Wan Kenobi in the prequels, was honoured with a star on the enduring boulevard and Hayden gave a touching speech on the ceremony.
In his touching speech, he praised Ewan and recalled the primary time he met him while engaged on 2002’s Attack of the Clones.
‘I typically take into consideration the primary time that I met you. We have been each in Australia, many moons in the past, on the brink of do Star Wars episode 2,’ he stated.
‘I stroll into this room the place I’m instructed Ewan goes to be, and earlier than I may even put eyes on him, I hear his voice. And he exclaims my identify with extra enthusiasm than I believe I’d ever heard it spoken with earlier than.
‘I flip and I see him, after which he’s coming at me, and he simply offers me the most important hug. Like, simply essentially the most disarmingly heat embrace.’
Hayden described Ewan as the ‘nicest individual’ and stated he knew he was assembly somebody ‘particular’ instantly as he gushed over their friendship.
‘We begin chatting and he’s simply the nicest individual. He’s telling me how excited he is attending to work collectively and the way a lot enjoyable we’ll have doing our gentle saber coaching,’ he went on.
‘He’s simply past variety to me. It was instantly obvious to me that I used to be assembly somebody actually particular. And not simply as an actor, however as a individual. I used to be assembly a friend.
The Star Wars actor, 43, is never seen out in public and saved issues low-key as he smoked a cigarette throughout his newest outing in the Los Feliz neighbourhood
Hayden usually retains out of the highlight however reemerged late final 12 months when he celebrated his Star Wars co-star Ewan McGregor at his Hollywood Walk of Fame ceremony
‘A friend who would later go on to cut off each my legs and depart me for lifeless on the facet of a volcano however I assume I type of had that coming.’
Speaking of his function as Obi-Wan Kenobi, Hayden described Ewan’s work as ‘magic’, including: ‘And the perfect type of magic — not the type that includes any like trickery or sleight of hand, however the variety that actually makes you imagine in one thing greater.
‘Because he wasn’t simply enjoying Obi-Wan, he was Obi-Wan. I imply, he is Obi Wan. And I actually hope we get extra Obi-Wan, as a result of this man is simply Star Wars gold.’
They starred reverse each other in 2002’s Star Wars: Episode II – Attack of the Clones, 2005’s Star Wars: Episode III – Revenge of the Sith, and extra just lately joined forces as soon as once more for the 2022 Disney+ mini sequence, Obi-Wan Kenobi.
On prime of their work on display screen, the duo have additionally lent their voices to varied Star Wars tasks together with the 2019 movie, Star Wars: Episode IX – The Rise of Skywalker.
Hayden additionally contributed to 2019’s Star Wars: Episode IX – The Rise of Skywalker and reprised his function as Anakin in the 2023 Disney+ Star Wars sequence Ahsoka.
Hayden was simply 19 years previous when he landed the function of Anakin in 2002’s Attack of the Clones and he has opened up concerning the unfavorable backlash from followers on the time.
Hayden is famed for enjoying Anakin Skywalker (pictured with Ewan as Obi Wan Kenobi in Revenge Of The Sith) in the Star Wars prequels
When the film was launched, it was fairly profitable financially ($653.7million worldwide from a $115million finances) however acquired fairly a little bit of negativity from followers.
‘Because Star Wars has had the cultural influence that it has, these characters virtually change into public area, the place folks really feel a sense of possession over them,’ he instructed Empire final 12 months.
‘The character was criticised, my efficiency was criticised, and that half sucked.’
Though now a beloved a part of the franchise, Hayden admitted his journey with Star Wars has been ‘bumpy’ at instances as he addressed the controversy.
Despite the preliminary backlash, the prequels have held up over time and Hayden is now a agency fan favorite and all the time will get standing ovations from followers at conventions.
‘It’s been a outstanding expertise. And simply a very heartwarming one. The journey that I’ve been on with Star Wars over the past 20 plus years… it’s been a wild journey, and the place we’re at now could be actually significant to me,’ he stated.
