Chris Cosgrove for EW You thought their epic story had finally reached its tragic conclusion, but Obi-Wan Kenobi and Anakin Skywalker/Darth Vader clearly still have some fight left in them. Prequel starsEwan McGregor(Obi-Wan) andHayden Christensen(Vader) appeared at the 2025 edition of Fan Expo Chicago on Sunday, where they participated in a panel reflecting on their legacies within theStar Warsuniverse. As the pair were on their way out,Entertainment Weeklycaptured the stars engaging in an impromptu lightsaber duel. Escorted in by a stern pair of stormtroopers and presided over by a menacing likeness of the Vader costume Christensen donned, McGregor and Christensen playfully reignited their characters' rivalry, which extends from the original film trilogy, to the prequel trilogy, into the 2022Obi-Wan Kenobiminiseries. Chris Cosgrove for EW Obi-Wan and Vader are among the most towering figures in the expansiveStar Warsmythos, yet after the powerful Sith lord is revealed as Obi-Wan's old friend and mentee Anakin, they only face off three times (twice if you're just counting the films). During the panel, Christensen looked back on the duo's most iconic face-off, the duel on Mustafar fromStar Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith. "The one that Ewan and I did at the end, our battle on Mustafar, that was something that we were really looking forward to getting to do. From the get-go, we knew there was going to be this big battle between Anakin and Obi-Wan that was going to result in this epic lightsaber battle," Christensen shared. The 44-year-old actor recalled that he and McGregor "spent a lot of time, months training and practicing, trying to get the fight as good as it could be." He shouted out fight choreographer Nick Gillard, who "really told a story in that fight. I'm very proud of the work we got to do there." Chris Cosgrove for EW McGregor and Christensen have reunited several times over the years, not just fortheir rematch onObi-Wan Kenobi, which (spoiler alert) ended in a kind of stalemate. Want more movie news? Sign up forEntertainment Weekly's free newsletterto get the latest trailers, celebrity interviews, film reviews, and more. Last year, McGregor celebrated Christensen atthe unveiling of his staron the Hollywood Walk of Fame. "He's just beyond kind to me, and it was immediately apparent to me that I was meeting someone truly special — not just as an actor, but as a person — and that I was meeting a friend," Christensen recalled of their initial meeting, before playfully joking, "A friend who would later go on to chop off both my legs and leave me for dead on the side of a volcano, but I guess I kind of had that coming." Read the original article onEntertainment Weekly
