Obi-Wan vs. Darth Vader rematch: Ewan McGregor and Hayden Christensen reunite for a lightsaber duel
- - Obi-Wan vs. Darth Vader rematch: Ewan McGregor and Hayden Christensen reunite for a lightsaber duel
Ryan ColemanAugust 18, 2025 at 10:34 PM
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Ewan McGregor and Hayden Christensen duel at the 2025 edition of Fan Expo Chicago
You thought their epic story had finally reached its tragic conclusion, but Obi-Wan Kenobi and Anakin Skywalker/Darth Vader clearly still have some fight left in them.
Prequel stars Ewan McGregor (Obi-Wan) and Hayden Christensen (Vader) appeared at the 2025 edition of Fan Expo Chicago on Sunday, where they participated in a panel reflecting on their legacies within the Star Wars universe. As the pair were on their way out, Entertainment Weekly captured the stars engaging in an impromptu lightsaber duel.
Escorted in by a stern pair of stormtroopers and presided over by a menacing likeness of the Vader costume Christensen donned, McGregor and Christensen playfully reignited their characters' rivalry, which extends from the original film trilogy, to the prequel trilogy, into the 2022 Obi-Wan Kenobi miniseries.
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Ewan McGregor and Hayden Christensen pose for photos at Fan Expo Chicago 2025
Obi-Wan and Vader are among the most towering figures in the expansive Star Wars mythos, yet after the powerful Sith lord is revealed as Obi-Wan's old friend and mentee Anakin, they only face off three times (twice if you're just counting the films).
During the panel, Christensen looked back on the duo's most iconic face-off, the duel on Mustafar from Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith.
"The one that Ewan and I did at the end, our battle on Mustafar, that was something that we were really looking forward to getting to do. From the get-go, we knew there was going to be this big battle between Anakin and Obi-Wan that was going to result in this epic lightsaber battle," Christensen shared.
The 44-year-old actor recalled that he and McGregor "spent a lot of time, months training and practicing, trying to get the fight as good as it could be." He shouted out fight choreographer Nick Gillard, who "really told a story in that fight. I'm very proud of the work we got to do there."
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Ewan McGregor and Hayden Christensen hug it out at Fan Expo Chicago 2025
McGregor and Christensen have reunited several times over the years, not just for their rematch on Obi-Wan Kenobi, which (spoiler alert) ended in a kind of stalemate.
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Last year, McGregor celebrated Christensen at the unveiling of his star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.
"He's just beyond kind to me, and it was immediately apparent to me that I was meeting someone truly special — not just as an actor, but as a person — and that I was meeting a friend," Christensen recalled of their initial meeting, before playfully joking, "A friend who would later go on to chop off both my legs and leave me for dead on the side of a volcano, but I guess I kind of had that coming."
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