I’ve been thinking lately… Hayden Christensen doesn’t do a lot of
interviews. But when he does, I don’t see him talking about how he
hates Star Wars or how he auditioned for the role of a lifetime and
everyone started spewing hate from every platform imaginable, or how he
had to come back and finish the trilogy while the entire planet hated
his guts and said so to his face.
What I do hear him talking about?
How much he loves talking to little kids about Star Wars. How happy he
is to have been a part of it. How hard he worked, how much fun he had,
how much he learned. While fans are still vomiting hate over a decade
later, he seems pretty happy to live quietly on his farm and not
retaliate. If he has any secret desires to Force Choke the fans or the
media, he’s been pretty good about letting that go.
Guys, Hayden Christensen is a better Jedi than all of us put together.He does the Maker proud.
Same with Jake Lloyd, Ahmed Best and even George Lucas himself, come to think of it. They’ve all faced a ton of genuine harassment over Star Wars (like, stuff that goes waaay beyond regular criticism) and they all constantly reiterate that they love Star Wars and love the fans despite all that.
….God, you know your fandom’s The Worst when you can say “You know that guy who was harassed constantly for years over a movie?” and someone can reply “which one?”