whenanangelfalls:Revenge of the Sith | Behind the Scenes | The Jedi TrainingIn order to prepare fo
whenanangelfalls: Revenge of the Sith | Behind the Scenes | The Jedi TrainingIn order to prepare for his stunts and the much-anticipated duel between Darth Vader and Obi-Wan Kenobi, Hayden Christensen was required to arrive in Sydney back in 2003 three months prior to the Revenge of the Sith filming. He did six hours of sword fighting and another two hours of training — an hour solid of weights and an hour of cardiovascular work. He also had to eat six times a day to bulk up for his role of the fallen Jedi. In the end, he added 11 kilograms to his frame.The main part of his training constituted of rehearsing his fight scenes with Kyle Rowling (Count Dooku’s stunt double) and Michael Byrne (Palpatine’s stunt double), with whom he practiced for his duel with Obi-Wan. Nick Gillard received his own small camera crew from George Lucas and filmed the entire process as test shoots for the stunts and lightsaber battles in Episode III, which means that Hayden Christensen not only filmed most of his stunts and swordfighting, but also participated in the test shoots and thus became an integral part of the creative process behind the choreography of his own fight scenes. -- source link