CO said:

G E Predator said:

Hayden Christensen as Anakin Skywalker (blame his poor performance on bad directing)

Not to defend Lucas' directing, but how come Ewan McGregor was able to give a good performance for 3 movies?

Actors like Alec Guiness, Peter Cushing, and Liam Neeson, and Ewan McGregor are able to give decent performances in SW movies, mainly because they are good actors.

"good performance" is pushing it.

Ewan gave an "adequate performance", but it's still the worst performance he's ever given (Also Liam Neeson's worst ever performance, not terrible, just the least good). PT Lucas was a terrible director of actors and reader of performances.

Sadly Hayden didn't have the experience to cope without a good director to nudge him the right directions performance wise. The rest of the cast coped better to varing degrees on their own, depending on their experience. Tellingly the old pros managed to cope the best.

If Hayden had a good director, or Lucas hired somebody who had enough chops to just ignore him, then it might have been different. What we got was the blind leading the blind.