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Hayden Christensen sizes up Darth Vader's helmet.
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San Jose Mercury News (San Jose, Calif.) (viaKnight-Ridder/Tribune News Service)
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May 10, 2002
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Copyright informationCOPYRIGHT 2002 San Jose Mercury News. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan. All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group. (Hide copyright information)
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Byline: Bruce Newman
Hayden Christensen does not yet know if fame, which will officially descend upon him when "Star Wars: Episode II _ Attack of the Clones" opens Thursday, is going to swell his head to such an imposing size that his neck can no longer hold it up. But this, as it turns out, may not be such a bad thing.
Christensen is slender and pale _ almost gaunt _ not at all like Anakin Skywalker, the blond Jedi knight he plays in "Clones," who later becomes Darth Vader. Though he knows he will play the role again in "Episode III," Christensen has been unable to extract a promise from George Lucas, the "Star Wars" fountainhead, that he will get to wear Vader's ...
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