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Subject: Re: Alec Guiness's Thoughts on Appearing in STAR WARS
Date: Thu, 20 Mar 2025 13:20:57 +1300
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On 2025-03-19 22:59:10 +0000, Blueshirt said:
> BTR1701 wrote:
>> 
>> Prior to accepting the role of Obi-wan (Ben) Kenobi, Sir Alec
>> Guinness wrote the following to a friend:
>> 
>> [Snip]
>> 
>> "I shrivel up every time someone mentions
>> STAR WARS to me."
> 
> I kind of do that whenever I hear they are going to make a new
> "Star Wars" movie...

That quote was made by Sir Alec Guinness *after* he had played the role 
in the original "Star Wars" movie. Obi-Wan was meant to in the 
following movies to train Luke, but Guinness hated the role and didn't 
want to do any more, so they killed off the character (he only briefly 
appeared as a Jedi ghost) and added Yoda instead. It was only in later 
years that he mellowed, a little, towards what has arguably become his 
most famous role.