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- You came this close to Qui Gon being in the end of ROTJ...
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Originally posted by: Hardcore LegendQuote
Originally posted by: Gaffer TapeQuote
Originally posted by: MeBeJedi
" After Star Wars became a huge hit he began to hate it. "
Not for the reason you imply. He disliked that his newfound popularity was due mainly to this sci-fi cult film, rather than his earlier, and rather spectacular, body of work.
Yeah, I'm sure that today, most people remember him for his work on Star Wars, and it could get rather frustrating to be typecast as Obi-Wan Kenobi for the rest of your life.
Yeah, but I don't think Alec Guiness would have ever had that problem. He made alot of great films in the US and the UK before Star Wars. It'd be like saying Liam Neeson will always be typcast as Qui Gonn or Ewan McGregor as Obi Wan.
Liam Neeson and Ewan McGregor are on the peak of their carreers right now, so they won't be typecasted. With Alec Guiness, all his major work was done before SW and he was unknown to younger audiences. Mark Hammil had no carreer before SW, so he got that Luke Skywalker image he couldn't (and still can't) shake off. Fortunally, Mark Hammil knows how to deal with it.