Star Wars fans torn over Anakin Skywalker's live-action return

At the time of writing, multiple Star Wars projects are in the works and it seems as though the galaxy far, far away is, well, far away from wrapping up any time soon.

However, with one iconic character set to make his live-action return, it seems as though fans are feeling divided.

Yes, we are talking about Anakin Skywalker as Hayden Christensen is set to make his live-action return in the upcoming Ahsoka season two.

Now according to the Star Wars Holocron Twitter account, Christensen has dropped out of attending Comic Con Manchester due to “night-time film shoots over the weekend”.

“Ahsoka Season 2 is currently in production in England and Christensen is likely filming night-set scenes this weekend for the series,” the Tweet explains.

Christensen made his live-action debut as Anakin Skywalker back in 2002 with Star Wars: Episode II - Attack of the Clones and more recently, he reprised his role in 2023’s Ahsoka.

Now it seems as though he will continue his role in the show when the second season airs some time in 2026.

However, it seems as though fans are feeling divided after learning of Christensen’s return and took to social media to share their thoughts.

“Love him but this a bad sign,” Twitter user attecha commented.

“If mid was a series,” another user added.

However, for others, it seems as though Christensen’s return in Ahsoka has changed their mind about the character of Anakin as a whole.

“Ahsoka ep 5 changed my 20 year old opinion,” one user shared over on r/StarWars.

“So I grew up with the prequels.

I'm an EP I apologist and all that. But I hated Hayden's portrayal of Anakin,” they continued.

“I always felt bad because Hayden is clearly a great guy who is very passionate about his time in Star Wars…

“Episode 5 of Ahsoka was the /best/ portrayal of live action Anakin we've ever gotten.

Hayden was on point the entire time, he did a fantastic job giving the "likeable" vibes of CW Anakin while also showing the character's shortcomings… and this one 40 minute episode completely changed my opinions of him as an actor.”

So it seems as though fans are definitely divided over Christensen’s portrayal of Anakin in Ahsoka but either way, he is expected to return in season two some time in 2026.