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Originally posted by: TR47
Ben was killed off because Guinness refused to do any sequels after Ep 4. All of the scenes that show Ben as a ghost in the later 2 movies were shot ahead of time (probably right after SW was released), which is why some of the shots are a little miscued.
- That´s the story I´ve always heard and believed (although Lucas has another more unbelievable version saying he saw that Obi-Wan had nothing to do but sit around and watch the action unfold in parts 5 and 6 and therefore he had him killed off). I remember reading an interview with Guinnes a few years ago where this was stated. Alec was always really bugged about how those "sci-fi nonsense" movies made him (or rather as Obi-Wan!) so well known over the world as opposed to his more respectable "shakespearian" roles.
peace,
Rebelscum