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Dirk Libbey

‘That Felt Good.’ How Robert De Niro Flattered Star Wars’ Hayden Christensen When He Rolled Up To The Revenge Of The Sith Set

Hayden Christensen looking grim in Revenge of the Sith/Robert De Niro smiling in The Intern.

When George Lucas decided to move forward and produce the Star Wars Prequel Trilogy, it was one of the biggest cinematic undertakings we’d ever seen. The three movies had a massive amount of hype that has rarely been matched since. So many people wanted to know what was going on on the set, and that apparently included Robert De Niro.

In a video posted of Hayden Christensen appearing at Fan Expo New Orleans, the Anakin Skywalker actor talks about the process of filming the final lightsaber battle with Ewan McGregor in Star Wars: The Revenge of the Sith. Apparently during the long process, which took over a week to film, according to the actor, De Niro stopped by to see what his friend George Lucas was up to. Christensen said…

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