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In April 2025, Lucasfilm “Star Wars: Episode III-Revenge of the Sith” was re-released in honorary film theaters to the film’s 20th anniversary. While the initial fan response to Prequel George Lucas’ trilogy is mixed at best and toxic at worst, time has been kinder to those films, mainly because of the wide cannon material like the animated series “Star Wars: The Clone Wars,” which helped to enrich that age with deeper telling stories and character development. As a result, Audiences flocked in 2025 to revisit “Revenge of the Sith” and the tragic fall of Anakin Skywalker (Hayden Christensen), a noble Jedi radicalized by Sheev Palpatine, aka Darth Sidious (Ian McDiarmid), and transforms into his new apprentice, Darth Vader (who has been voiced by James Earl Jones).
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Young Anakin Skywalker was first portrayed by Jake Lloyd in 1999 “Star Wars: Episode I – The Phantom Menace.” Then went his sequel, 2002 “Star Wars: Episode II -Tack of the Clones,” to jump 10 years on in the “Star Wars” timeline. However, before Lucas settled on Christensen to continue as the man who, arguably, would be a biggest villain in cinematic history, many other actors were being considered and/or their audition for the role. Interestingly, their ranks include a fellow who shares Anakin’s young passion for racing. Indeed, the actor said that the actor would eventually become known worldwide for his role in franchise rooted in street racing culture.
Paul Walker was underway to play Anakin Skywalker
“Attack of the Clones” presented audiences to Anakin 19, who had spent the last decade training as Padawan’s apprentice to Master Jedi Obi-Wan Kenobi (Ewan McGregor). Given that George Lucas had chosen to jump on in time, rather than continuing with Jake Lloyd, the search for an adult actor began to play Anakin adults. Many actors argued for the role, with stars as big as Leonardo considered DiCaprio. Whether it is, Paul Walker may be one of the most interesting candidates he heard to play Luke’s father and Leia Skywalker.
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According to a report in February 2000 by Entertainment weeklyMany websites placed Paul Walker very high on the Lucas competitors list for Anakin’s role. However, EW poured some HOTHER chilled water over the Mustafar-fired campfire of Si, claiming that the 26-year-old Walker was considered too old to portray the 19-year-old Sith-to-be, as it needs to appear younger than Padmé Amidala Natalie Portman. (Recall that Portman was 19 years old at the time of the main photography on “Attack of the Clones,” while Padmé is 25 in the film.)
Naturally disappointed that he lost out on what might have been a lifetime role, Walker eventually shared his feelings when passed over in an interview with A teenage film line (through Time):
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“I was hooked on that I didn’t get the part of Anakin. But rumors were circulating, so I don’t know how close I really came to get. At the same time, you would be happy if he gets it instead of Hayden Christensen, some no name from Canada. “
Paul Walker’s franchise activities moved in a different direction
Production occurred on “Attack of the Clones” roughly over the summer of 2000. Elsewhere, at about the same time, Paul Walker was filming “The Fast and the Furious,” after being cast as the main character of the film, Brian O’Conner, a Los Angeles police officer dedicated to an infiltration of a crew of the city). Although, at the time, Walker was likely to have preferred to film the next “Star Wars” film under the direction of George Lucas, little knew that he was on his way to lead the first entry in what would become one of the biggest franchises in the history of Universal Pictures, as well as one of the most valuable large film series of the series of the huge century.
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Despite losing out on a role in a distant, far away galaxy, Walker still became part of its own cinematic history (though one with a tragic ending). He would go on to re -appear his role as Brian O’Conner in the “fast” sequences, all of which are a sign of the most ridiculous titles in the sweeping history: “2 Fast 2 Furious,” “Fast & Furious,” “Fast Five,” “Fast & Furious 6,” and “Furious 7.” Unfortunately, in the production of “Furious 7,” Walker died in a vehicle accident. He hadn’t completed his work on the film either, so his brothers Cody and Caleb stepped in to help finish things. “Fierce 7,” in turn, honoring Walker’s legacy in the franchise By expiring with a very emotional closing sequence and sending for the character Brian, along with Montage featuring Wiz Khalifa chart topist and Charlie Puth, “See you again.”
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