Word: obie
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...gosh! No hermit he, but that former rebel general, Obi-wan Kenobi, for whom they had been looking. Together, the four of them are even now setting out to deliver the secret plans to rebel headquarters, light-years and parsecs away. But will they be in time to save the lovely Leia? And, anyway, what can a punk kid, a has-been general and a comedy team of robots do against the dark, illimitable powers of the Galactic Empire...
...plays Han Solo, the cynical mercenary captain of the Millennium Falcon. "I told him: 'You can't say that stuff. You can only type it.' But I was wrong. It worked." The only actor whom Lucas allowed to change anything was Alec Guinness, who plays Obi-wan Kenobi. Originally, old Obi-wan was supposed to start off crazy and then turn into the wise old wizard of Good. Guinness felt that that transition was not right for his method of acting or for the character, and Lucas relented. Now Obi-wan is wise from beginning...
...suppose the clearest memory I shall retain of the New Japan will always be the matronly housewife I spotted one day, dressed in the traditional manner, with lacquered hair and brightly colored obi around her waist, lighting a cigarette from the dash of her new Datsun sports car. Such scenes are common, even in the country, and make life here that much more interesting for the foreign guest...