he should have been the most flawed person in the room. Flawed in a way that his life burned white hot and he could do no wrong, then the cracks in the weak foundation would start to show. And slowly start to crumble. Orson Welles or Babe Ruth are the two historical figures that would have been ideal to model Anakin on. Anyone who knows the history of these two giants of their respective careers. No, Hayden Christensen did not give the best performance in the entire STAR WARS saga. For every good acting choice he made, he made two terrible ones. But he did give a decent performance. And I think he has some talent, but the problem is that he was horribly miscast. At no point in the Original Trilogy did I picture Anakin Skywalker as a skinny, blonde, boy-band type heart-throb. And before you say I brought preconceived notions and Lucas can't fulfill everyone's idea of what the Prequels should contain.....just stop yourself immediately. I didn't imagine what Anakin Skywalker should look like in my head, we SAW him in the Original Trilogy. A LOT. With and without the helmet he is a huge guy, with a booming voice, a very particular way of walking and a very unique voice pattern. That's what we saw for three movies. And then for the next three films we saw none of those traits. Well, except for the ultra embarrassing NNNNOOOOOOOOOO!! Anakin Skywalker should have been about 20 years old