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7th February 2023
05:39pm GMT

'New rubbish dialogue reaches me every other day on wadges of pink paper, and none of it makes my character clear or even bearable.'For all his acting chops, the 23 minutes Guinness appeared in Star Wars for would make him a sci-fi legend for the rest of his days. He also had a percentage of the box-office profits written into his contract, so earned some pretty pennies. Hamill, who was greener than Guinness in many ways, also had dialogue issues in that original Star Wars instalment. In a 1977 interview on The Tonight Show, he told host Johnny Carson of one piece of the script he success had removed.
HANS SOLO: Look kid, I’ve done my part of the bargain. When I get to an asteroid you, the old man, and the droids get dropped off. LUKE SKYWALKER: But we can’t turn back, fear is their greatest defence. I doubt if the actual security there is any greater than it was on Aquilae or Sullust and what there is is most likely directed towards a large-scale assault.Mark Hamill had run over the lines, back and forth, but was eaten up at the improbability and stiffness of what Luke was supposed to say. He recalled:
"And I thought, ‘Who talks like this, George?’ "This is really not fair, because you know we’re the ones who are gonna get vegetables thrown at us. Not you!”George Lucas considered the appeal from his young actor and the line was removed, with the sentiment left intact. Ultimately, it was the film's spectacular and ambitious action sequences [it went $3 million over budget, mostly on special effects] that drew so many in but Lucas must be credited for a final screenplay that did retain a lot of heart and [thanks to Gloria Katz] punch. You can watch that clip, and Hamill's great Harrison Ford impression, here. Related articles:
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