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The best actors for the Jedi

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Does anyone have a pesonal favorite actor(s) for Jedi?

I've always found that Liam Neeson, srry if i spelled that wrong, was good and Frank Oz i think is a legend

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Um... Mark Hamill?

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I've always thought Jet Li would make an awesome Jedi.

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Dick Van Patten as a Jedi FTW!

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Was Han Solo a Jedi?

I choose Kevin Spacey playing Christopher Walken playing Han Solo.

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Outside the OT, Jason Court has got to be my favorite actor portraying a Jedi. He wasn't the greatest actor, but it worked. Kyle Katarn was a friggin baddass.

He was still cool in the other games, but Dark Forces II was epic. Shame Star Wars video games haven't been as fun since.

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EyeShotFirst said:

Outside the OT, Jason Court has got to be my favorite actor portraying a Jedi. He wasn't the greatest actor, but it worked. Kyle Katarn was a friggin baddass.

He was still cool in the other games, but Dark Forces II was epic. Shame Star Wars video games haven't been as fun since.

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Liam Neeson and Alec Guiness.

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TV's Frink said:

Was Han Solo a Jedi?

I choose Kevin Spacey playing Christopher Walken playing Han Solo.

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That's awesome, would you happen to know where the original Walken one? Haven't found it yet...

 

This one's awesome, too :D

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F1T4zU9dbDs

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twooffour said:

That's awesome, would you happen to know where the original Walken one? Haven't found it yet...

What do you mean by the "original Walken?"  It was a Saturday Night Live sketch.

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Which I couldn't find on Youtube.

Kevin Spacey's impersonation is obviously up there, but I couldn't find the one with Walken. Would it be that one sketch of whatever where Chris is in a stormtrooper suit and sort of winks at the camera?

As I said, haven't seen it, would really love to.

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I'm still not sure what you mean.  The link I gave shows the sketch in its entirety, IIRC.  Doesn't matter if it is on youtube or through the link I gave.  All I remember is what is in that one video (Spacey as Walken, Hammond as Dryfuss, and Spacey as Matthau).

If there is a sketch where Walken plays a stormtrooper, I'm not familiar with it.

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TV's Frink said:

I'm still not sure what you mean.  The link I gave shows the sketch in its entirety, IIRC.  Doesn't matter if it is on youtube or through the link I gave.  All I remember is what is in that one video (Spacey as Walken, Hammond as Dryfuss, and Spacey as Matthau).

 

Almost, Finkaroo.  The original one also has Spacey as Jack Lemmon auditioning for Chewbacca.

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Morgan Freeman would've made an awesome jedi, maybe he could've played Mace Windu instead of Samuel. L 'I'm here to provide a demographic that wouldn't come anyways' Jackson

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twooffour said:

Which I couldn't find on Youtube.

Kevin Spacey's impersonation is obviously up there, but I couldn't find the one with Walken. Would it be that one sketch of whatever where Chris is in a stormtrooper suit and sort of winks at the camera?

As I said, haven't seen it, would really love to.

Christopher Walken almost WAS Han Solo...proof: http://ramascreen.com/sly-stallone-and-christopher-walken-almost-played-han-solo-in-star-wars/

Can you imagine the images: Walken talking with Jabba in the SE, Walken with Chewbacca at his side, Walken in carbonite, Walken helping the frickin Ewoks...you get the idea.

And Rambo in the forest of Endor? That would've been amazingly epic and hilarious at the same time.

 

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WhatsMyName said:

EyeShotFirst said:

Outside the OT, Jason Court has got to be my favorite actor portraying a Jedi. He wasn't the greatest actor, but it worked. Kyle Katarn was a friggin baddass.

He was still cool in the other games, but Dark Forces II was epic. Shame Star Wars video games haven't been as fun since.

 Has a striking resemblence to Johnathan Frakes

 I think he looks more like Troy from Benidorm ;-)