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Subject: Re: Alec Guiness's Thoughts on Appearing in STAR WARS
Date: Wed, 19 Mar 2025 20:34:19 -0400
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On 2025-03-19 8:20 PM, Your Name wrote:
> 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.
> 
I certainly think HE would argue that it was far from his *best* role, 
although he might admit more people saw him in Star Wars than in 
anything else.

Mind you, Bridge on the River Kwai got seen by a lot of people in its 
day and is *still* appreciated as a quality film whereas Star Wars 
probably only merits being called a *popular* film.

-- 
Rhino