Gotta love the '90s series for its quirky charm, even if we pretend “The Source” never happened
Ha, yes! It is bizarre how something like that sticks in the mind, but cannot recall some of the better quality series from that era! 😃
Heh. I’ve long thought that Adrian Paul would’ve made a pretty good Exar Kun in a TOTJ film, but never considered him as Anakin, though I can imagine him easily pulling it off. He also had black hair, which is what I imagined Anakin’s hair colour to be prior to TPM’s release.
That is a good call. Dammit, I’ll have to think of a new actor for Anakin now. Those bush eyebrows of Shaw’s he’d have to have black hair! A slightly younger Timothy Dalton could do the role?
I would have still chosen Hayden Christensen.
You may have misunderstood the thread, or the history of the pre-PT era? Someone who could play a compelling 20-40 year old across 3 films. Not someone who struggled in the role of a 20-23 year old, and did not convince many fans his character would grow into the Darth Vader we knew in the OT. (That is not all on Hayden: the PT scripts, green screens, and the direction also failed him and other actors, and Hayden’s done good work in other roles since.)
I remember the rumors Mark Hamill would play older Anakin, and that guy from Henry V would be Obi-Wan. Kenneth Branagh?
Honestly someone who channeled Sir Alec should have been Obi-Wan, and someone like a young Shaw should have been Anakin.
Yeah, years ago Brannagh was a good call for Kenobi. Very Guinness-like vibes. Gabriel Byrne would have been worthy foil for Brannagh as Anakin, as the pre-PT films would likely have their friendship as the main focus as opposed to what we got with the actual PT.
If they were doing the pre-Prequels now I think Cillian Murphy would make for a compelling Anakin.