At Ewan McGregor’s Walk of Fame induction, Hayden Christensen salutes “best Jedi Master ever” – WEIS

Ewan McGregor was honored Thursday with a star on the Hollywood Stroll of Fame, and his Star Wars prequels and Obi-Wan Kenobi co-star Hayden Christensen didn’t let a bit dismembering cease him from praising his “pricey pal.” 

Christensen, who performed Anakin Skywalker, the coed of McGregor’s Obi-Wan Kenobi, recalled first assembly the Scottish actor and “coolest particular person on the planet” on the set of 2002’s Star Wars: Episode II – Assault of the Clones.

“[H]e exclaims my title with extra enthusiasm than I feel I’d ever heard it spoken with earlier than,” Christensen reminisced. “He simply provides me the most important hug. Like, simply probably the most disarmingly heat embrace.”

He “instantly” knew he was “assembly somebody really particular … and that I used to be assembly a pal.” 

He deadpanned, “A pal who would later go on to cut off each my legs and go away me for lifeless on the aspect of a volcano, however I assume I type of had that coming,” drawing an enormous snigger from McGregor and the assembled crowd.

On the climax of 2005’s Star Wars: Episode III – Revenge of the Sith, Kenobi dismembered Anakin in a lightsaber duel after his scholar turned to the Darkish Facet and have become Darth Vader.

Christensen closed by calling McGregor the “finest Jedi Grasp ever,” saying, “It’s been an honor and a thrill to get to work with you, and swing a lightsaber with you, and … name you my pal. I like you, brother.”

The pair embraced after the tribute.

McGregor mentioned he was touched that his star — the two,789th such plaque — was mere toes from that of one other Star Wars legend. “I’m so moved that I’m near my previous pal Carrie Fisher,” he mentioned. “Meaning an excellent deal to me too.”

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