'NOB!' 😂 Ewan McGregor and Hayden Christensen on Obi-Wan Kenobi, Darth Vader and... Ali's t-shirt!?

Ewan McGregor and Hayden Christensen join BBC Radio 1's film critic Ali Plumb to look back on their iconic Star Wars characters as they return for new show Obi-Wan Kenobi. Ewan reveals how it felt to confront Hayden dressed as Darth Vader, and Hayden remembers the time he filmed with Yoda. Or rather, didn't.

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[lenniegray]

The fact that Hayden laughed hysterically when the shirt said "nob" tells me everything I need to know about his sense of humor.

[naniii]

hayden's laugh when he saw nob gave me 10 more years of life!!! ive been waiting for this intervirew all weeeek!!!

[hyguy]

Hayden saying that he loves being Anakin got me a little teary. Thinking back to when I was a kid, all these people bashing on the prequels and my favorite character, it’s nice to see he’s getting the love he deserves

[notSignum]

I feel like Hayden isn't used to the appreciation people have gotten for him in recent years but I am so here for it.

[ssssssssssssssssss]

Ali's usually pretty cool with interviewing celebreties, but here you can tell how excited he is

[WGK]

I dont know why but seeing Hayden Christensen happy makes me happy. he has the same affect as puppies.

[ALAPINO]

Ewan McGregor as Obi-Wan Kenobi is one of the best castings, one of the most significant castings of the last 20 years.

[Nett]

These two feel like genuine celebrity’s to me. It probably sounds strange I can’t describe the special feeling seeing them both back. I very luckily met Chris Hemsworth when at work a few years ago, I think he was doing men in black press junkets and he was incredibly friendly and chatty but I didn’t get nervous talking to him. If I met one of these two I think I’d genuinely start panicking and not know what to say! I was begging for a force ghost cameo from them in the sequels. Ep 3 Anakin and Obi Wan are the definition of iconic for me!

[lysasdragonlab]

Congrats Ali on making an interview which is not a repeat of all the other press junket things before.
I love watching any of your interviews!

[imatoucan]

Hayden deserves the Brendan Fraser treatment. He needs to know how much we all still back him up.

[ReconWof]

The amount of one liners you fit into this interview was so funny, I especially enjoyed the one at the start where you said they got the hyphen wrong on the t-shirt "so uncivilised" 🤣

[Vixin]

Omg Hayden's laugh when he saw the "NOB" killed me. Adorable! And I can totally see Anakin reacting the same way haha

[coreykiss]

Ewan is spot on about spoilers. I remember watching Revenge of the Sith in theatres as a kid and the only knowledge I had of the original trilogy was that Darth Vader was the villain. Seeing what becomes of Anakin is still the biggest shock in cinema history for me to this day.

[guiltyhxc]

The chemistry between this two is unbelievable. We need a live-action series about a mission or a campaign that Obi-Wan and Anakin went through during The Clone Wars ASAP!

[peterbishopswife]

I love how Hayden and Ewan look at each other adoringly when one of them is talking.

[munzzproductions]

It’s alright, admit it. You keep replaying 0:50 with Hayden’s laugh. So do I 😂

[jeongtris]

I don't think these two brilliant men will ever truly understand how much reprising these roles means to us. How nostalgic it is. How meaningful it is. How important it is. How special it is.
I've been in love with Hayden for 20 years of my life 😍 Since I was 11 this pair has been responsible for triggering my love and obsession for star wars and I cannot believe we have the privilege to have them back together as Obi and Darth 😍😭🥰

[Lolugaes]

I love the way that Ewan always mentions Alec in almost every interview. It's like he always respects the original actor of his character!

[Yvolve]

They're both so relaxed in this interview, which makes their answers so much better. I've watched quite a few of their press interviews and most are so forced. Everyone tries to be funny and thinks they're original, but Ali always is. The opener with the shirt, the nob joke and the question about how many "hello there" openers they had, really seem to put them at ease. Same with the music questions, just to relive that feeling of hearing it.

You can tell Hayden's moods especially, it really shows on his face. In most interviews he is very quiet, Ewan does most of the talking, but here he looks so happy, with loads of really great answers.

Ali Plump is the interviewer of all interviewers, what an absolute legend!

[panfilip]

0:50 Haden's and Ewan's reactions are just pure Anakin and Obi-Wan energy