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John F. Kennedy
John F. Kennedy
Sunday, October 27, AD 2019 2:01pm

I was thinking of Alec Guinness earlier today. He was in the WORST “sword” fight ever filmed. It was of course in Star Wars.

Tom Byrne
Tom Byrne
Sunday, October 27, AD 2019 3:05pm

Yet the role called for his sort of character: a world-weary eminence-gris, battle-hardened, frank about the evil of the universe but not so cynical as to give up hope of victory. He reminded me almost of a noble Viking: “The gods may lose to the giants, but I will side with the gods”.

Ernst Schreiber
Ernst Schreiber
Sunday, October 27, AD 2019 3:42pm

Don is correct. And Lucas’s tragedy is he’s incapable of writing the kind of complex character Tom rightly noted the story calls for.

Tom Byrne
Tom Byrne
Sunday, October 27, AD 2019 3:48pm

Don:
That might draw attention away from the internal conflicts in Luke, who was (after all) the protagonist. In the same way JK Rowling left the ambiguous youth of Dumbledore out of the early Potter books, until Harry’s own character had developed; and Tolkien says little about Aragorn’s inner doubts until Gandalf disappears in Moria. It’s confusing to focus on the internal conflicts in more than one character at a time

Foxfier
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Sunday, October 27, AD 2019 3:53pm

One of my favorite renditions of the “elder mentor” role.

And now to go back to playing Final Fantasy XIV: The Massively Multiplayer Online Role Playing Game.

It’s basically our bowling league, but with no drive-time, and the kids can play if they want, too.

Nate Winchester
Nate Winchester
Sunday, October 27, AD 2019 4:54pm

Alec was a true professional and honest worker who gave it his all no matter his own ego.

Though i have immense respect for him, part of me still wishes we had gotten Lucas original pick for the role…

Toshiro Mifune

(Who could have deflected Vader’s lightsaber with just his eyebrows.) That man was stone cold on screen and I still get chills imagining him in that iconic role. Plus we could have had like… Donnie Yen play the young version in the prequels.

Foxfier
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Sunday, October 27, AD 2019 5:16pm

boggles at the idea of Star Wars with Toshiro Mifune

Ernst Schreiber
Ernst Schreiber
Sunday, October 27, AD 2019 5:41pm

Yojimbo: A Star Wars Story

Nate Winchester
Nate Winchester
Monday, October 28, AD 2019 8:42am

I know, right, Foxfier? It’s the kind of thing you wish for the alt world hypothesis to be true so you can see that film, don’t you.

By the way, here’s the story.
https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/heat-vision/toshiro-mifune-turned-down-star-845721

Foxfier
Admin
Monday, October 28, AD 2019 12:19pm

At the very least, for CGI to advance to the point where we can DO that.

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