“I got to the point where I was meeting George Lucas,” Hunnam says.

“I got to the point where I was meeting George Lucas.

I don’t think he meets a lot of actors,” Hunnam said (via StarWarsNewsNet).

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“I think there was probably maybe two, three actors they were considering.

I don’t remember much about it.

And I was correct.

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Sometimes it’s about the vibes.”

2001’s Episode 1: The Phantom Menace feature Jake Lloyd in the role of a young Anakin.

Leonardo DiCaprioturned it down, whilePaul Walker was passed over.

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He is best known for playing Jax on Sons of Anarchy.

As for Christensen, he’s having a mini-renaissance.

He played Anakin/Darth Vader on the TV show Obi-Wan Kenobi and portrayed the character in Ahsoka.

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