STAR WARS: One Of REVENGE OF THE SITH's Younglings Reveals How Hayden Christensen Scared Them While Shooting

STAR WARS: One Of REVENGE OF THE SITH's Younglings Reveals How Hayden Christensen Scared Them While Shooting

The actor who played one of the youngling Anakin Skywalker killed in Revenge of the Sith reveals what Hayden Christensen did during their scene in order to scare the kids he was about to strike down...

By JoshWilding - Jan 03, 2021 05:01 AM EST
Filed Under: Star Wars

Star Wars: Revenge of the Sith was by no means perfect, but it was arguably the best of the prequels, and certainly a more effective finale to a trilogy that 2019's The Rise of Skywalker

There were some surprisingly dark moments in the movie, though, with Anakin Skywalker's transformation into Darth Vader resulting in the newly crowned Sith Lord murdering the younglings in the Jedi Temple (a fate we know The Mandalorian's Grogu somehow managed to escape).

Recently, actor Ross Beadman - who played the young force-wielder you can see in the GIF below - took to Reddit for an AMA. Asked by one fan about what led to him stepping back the way his character did when Anakin ignites his lightsaber, Beadman responded: "From what I remember Hayden shouted 'boo!' and that startled me to add to my fear in the scene."

That's a cool piece of behind-the-scenes trivia, and while this was undoubtedly one of the Star Wars franchise's darker moments, it went a long way towards showing just how far Anakin had fallen. In hindsight, it might have made more sense for Emperor Palpatine to turn these kids into Sith Inquisitors, but that wasn't an idea that had been introduced at this time in the franchise's history.

Check out Beadman's claim to fame below:
 

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Imfunnyhow
Imfunnyhow - 1/3/2021, 5:43 AM
Awww that's cute.... But... Wait.??? So...Wow that means Tom Cruise is even more difficult to work with on set than Darth Vader?
bl0odwerk
bl0odwerk - 1/3/2021, 5:44 AM
Kinda slick, if you think about it.
IronDean2099
IronDean2099 - 1/3/2021, 6:23 AM
He said 'boo'.

Take notes, Daniel Day Lewis.
FleischerSupes
FleischerSupes - 1/3/2021, 7:43 AM
Gotta say that little flinch really sold that moment though. Re watched it recently and thought jeez that's effective.Especially by prequel standards.
dragon316
dragon316 - 1/3/2021, 8:19 AM
It’s to bad this stuff like this is not extra features when people buy movies that is something fun to know
bobevanz
bobevanz - 1/3/2021, 8:53 AM
After Shmi died, Darth Vader was born. It might seem sudden in 3 but I understand
Feralwookiee
Feralwookiee - 1/3/2021, 8:57 AM
"One Of REVENGE OF THE SITH's Younglings Reveals How Hayden Christensen Scared Them While Shooting"

-He kept talking about SAND.
ModHaterSLADE
ModHaterSLADE - 1/3/2021, 9:02 AM
Christensen was pretty awesome in Revenge of The Sith.
GeneralZod
GeneralZod - 1/3/2021, 12:32 PM
@ModHaterSLADE - He was. Lucas got/gets a lot of flak for the prequels, but the Episode III was a pretty amazing movie.
SanFranLand
SanFranLand - 1/3/2021, 9:28 AM
He talked to them about sand. Scared them half to death
JFerguson
JFerguson - 1/3/2021, 10:53 AM
Have the kid's character survive, be turned into a cyborg and join the Bad Batch I don't know.
GeneralZod
GeneralZod - 1/3/2021, 12:30 PM
We all know what Obi Wan is saying in this gif. Not a perfect film, but Episode III, in my book, was a top 3 Star Wars film for me (after 77 and TESB). Tons of unforgettable quotes and scenes.

Feralwookiee
Feralwookiee - 1/3/2021, 1:30 PM
@GeneralZod - True.
Matchesz
Matchesz - 1/3/2021, 9:57 PM
@Feralwookiee - Ngl I kinda want to see the security hologram
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