Alec Guinness, a.k.a. Obi-Wan Kenobi, kind of hated ‘Star Wars’ »

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  Star Wars may have represented a kick-start for Alec Guinness’ career as well as a wholly unexpected windfall when his share of the gross turned out to be far more lucrative than he had any right to expect. But on the whole, Guinness seemed annoyed by the whole idea of George Lucas’ space opera. Also, he was kind of terrible at remembering people’s names. In Alec Guinness: The Authorised Biography,  Piers Paul Read gives readers a glimpse at some correspondence and diaries written by Guinness while Star Wars—later christened Star Wars: A New Hope—was… Source Main page (current trends)

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