Star Wars 9 Rise of Skywalker SHOCK: Hayden Christensen shooting Anakin Skywalker scene?

Star Wars Episode IX: The Rise of Skywalker is the last episode of the Skywalker saga and fans are wondering if some series favourites are going to make a return. Yoda’s Force ghost was secretly shot for The Last Jedi, so what if Ewan McGregor’s Obi-Wan Kenobi or Hayden Christensen’s Anakin Skywalker will return next? Certainly, the latter now seems likely after the prequel series star cancelled a Star Wars panel at Salt Lake’s FanX last minute. The actor has been appearing in public with Emperor Palpatine actor Ian McDiarmid in recent weeks, sparking further speculation that Anakin is back for The Rise of Skywalker alongside Darth Sidious.

The yet-to-be-released book is called Star Wars: The Secrets of the Jedi by Marc Sumerak. 

Chronicling the history of the Jedi Order, the tie-in is written from Luke Skywalker’s perspective.

The official Star Wars website has shared the cover of a few double-page spreads as teasers, with one bit of text sending alarm bells ringing. One page is called Light Force Abilities, which includes a subsection titled Spirits.

Here Luke writes of Obi-Wan, Anakin, Qui-Gon and Yoda becoming Force ghosts after their deaths.

And this is where we get a glimpse of some intriguing new information that will presumably tie-in with The Last Jedi and The Rise of Skywalker.

The text reads: “At first, I only heard Obi-Wan’s voice in my head, but I later discovered that he could manifest as a fully visible apparition and even interact with the physical world.”

“That knowledge was then passed down to a select few, including Obi-Wan, Yoda and my father. Their spirits guided me for many years but vanished when I shut myself off from the Force. It’s a relief to feel their presence again after all this time.”

So here we learn that after their appearance together at the end of Return of the Jedi, the three Force ghosts guided Luke in that three-decade period up to the events of The Force Awakens and The Last Jedi.

However, when Luke shut himself off from the Force and became a hermit on Ahch-To, they disappeared, yet now he feels their presence again. The first glimpse of this was presumably his conversation with Yoda’s Force ghost in The Last Jedi. And with this in mind, and knowing now that Luke too has become one with the Force, there is a very strong chance we will see Anakin and Obi-Wan in The Rise of Skywalker.

Star Wars Episode IX: The Rise of Skywalker is released in UK cinemas on December 19, 2019.