Watched on by Prequels duel alumni Nick Gillard, alongside Australian colleagues and key fighting doubles Kyle Rowing and Michael Byrne, Ewan McGregor and Hayden Christensen, in costume as Obi-Wan Kenobi and Anakin Skywalker, are put through their fighting paces at FOX Studios, for a specially posed image taken by the esteemed photographer Annie Leibovitz, part of an EPISODE III special edition/ behind the scenes tribute for Vanity Fair magazine, published in 2005.
The duel between Obi-Wan and Anakin was one of the main highlights of Revenge of the Sith, and as Lucasfilm news broke these past few days of what to officially expect with the upcoming Obi-Wan Kenobi limited run series, coming to Disney XD in 2022, a rematch between the former 'brothers' is very much on the cards, before A New Hope, in a beyond Tatooine-spanning adventure for the older Jedi that will be set six years after the dangers of III. McGregor has confirmed that both he and Hayden will have "another swing at each other" before the end of the series. As well as the happy news that Hayden Christensen is returning to play Vader, let's hope that Prequel Stunt Coordinator Nick Gillard can be equally persuaded back one last time for this special pre-re-match re-match.
https://www.starwars.com/news/future-lucasfilm-projects-revealed
https://ew.com/movies/2019/11/22/star-wars-prequels-lightsaber-fights/
