DuracellEnergizer said:

Mark pesters Alec for details about his career, driving Alec to pay Mark to stop the pestering and go away.

Star Wars is released, followed eventually by TESB and ROTJ.

Many fans and gradual viewers alike grow up to associate Alec primarily/soley with Obi-Wan/Star Wars, deemphasizing all the other roles he's played in the decades preceeding the trilogy.

Is this, or is this not, an example of karmic justice? I leave that question up for you to decide.

You forgot making more money than any other role in his career, which probably eased the pain of not getting residuals for all the Ealing comedies he did.