Skywalker (TV Series)

***Skywalker***, marketed as ***Star Wars: Skywalker*** or ***The Skywalker***, is a live-action television series developed by Lucasfilm. It premiered on Disney+ on May 4th, 2023. The series features Sebastian Stan as Luke Skywalker in a post-empire story, taking place after Return of the Jedi. Calum Kelmer as appears as Hayden Kryze, Hayden Christensen reprises his role as Anakin Skywalker/Darth Vader and Hayley Lu Richardson appears as Leia Organa Skywalker. It takes place over the ten years following Star Wars: Returns of the Jedi.

## Official Description

During the fall of the Empire, following the events of Return of the Jedi, Luke Skywalker looks to Hayden Kryze; the last survivor of the Jedi Order, and his father's best friend. In order to build the future of the Jedi, Hayden must face the person who haunts him, Anakin Skywalker.

## Plot

### Return of the Jedi

In a space station in the orbit of Endor, Hayden Kryze watches over the planet celebrating the death of the Emperor and the newfound age of peace that has settled in. His former Padawan turned Inquisitor, Pedro, confronts him and he is forced to kill him. This results in him reflecting on the past; in particular, Anakin.

Visions of his former best friend plague him until he is approached by Luke Skywalker about creating a new order. Hayden asks him to show him what Yoda taught him and they have a duel. During the duel, Hayden begins to have flashbacks to when he fought Anakin to the death in the Temple during Order 66 and almost kills Luke. He tells him he cannot help him and orders him to let the Jedi die.

### Brother's Code

Anakin Skywalker meets Hayden Kryze on his first day of training in the Jedi Order after he protects him from bullies. The two build a strong bond and end up growing up with each other and looking out for one another. When Hayden passes his trials, Anakin fails his but is comforted by his best friend. Hayden promises no matter what happens one will help pick the other one up in their times of need.

When Hayden learns of his oldest sisters death, he travels to Mandalore with Anakin in secret to attend her funeral. He meets with his sisters and they grieve together. Upon returning to the temple, Hayden's former Master Shaak Ti criticises him but Anakin defends him and says that

### Plot points

* Hayden confronts Pedro and kills him which causes him to reflect on Anakin and the events of the past 25 years.
* Luke wants Hayden's help to restore the order.
* Luke teams up with Ahsoka to find Hayden, they find him but seeing Luke reminds him more of Anakin and he refuses to help
* Hayden has flashbacks to the clone wars.
	+ He recalls meeting Anakin and their childhood in the temple as well as how they became brothers.
	+ He recalls the Clone Wars and fighting alongside Anakin and others and how they relied on each other for support.
	+ He recalls Order 66 and Anakin's betrayal and how it broke him as he is the one who let Anakin go to stop Windu.
* Luke speaks to Anakin's ghost and asks him to reach out to Hayden but Anakin reveals that Hayden's hatred of him means he cannot reach out to him to make amends.
* Hayden travels to Mandalore to visit his sister, Bo-Katan, who tells him that Anakin let him down in the greatest way possible but Hayden reveals to her that it was him who let Anakin down and that he blames himself for the fall of the Jedi

## Episodes

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## Cast and Characters

### Main

* Hayden Christensen as Anakin Skywalker/Darth Vader
* Calum Kelmer as Grand Master Hayden Kryze
* Sebastian Stan as Luke Skywalker
* Hayley Lu Richardson as Leia Organa-Skywalker

### Supporting

* Rosaria Dawson as Ahsoka Tano
	+ Laura Harrier as teenage Ahsoka Tano
* Ewan McGregor as Master Obi-Wan Kenobi
* Frank Oz as Grand Master Yoda