[Subject87]

Agreed, by the third movie I really liked him.

He really matured into the Jedi you see in Episode 4

In my opinion anyway.

[a new hope]

And I thought the maturing was organic and well written. It wouldn't be that interesting to watch if he had showen up in episode 1 already with all the wisdom he had in the original trilogy.

[Subject87]

Originally Posted by snow express (View Post) And I thought the maturing was organic and well written. It wouldn't be that interesting to watch if he had showen up in episode 1 already with all the wisdom he had in the original trilogy.

Agreed, I thought he was one of the best written characters in the prequel trilogy.


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[a new hope]

Definitely. It was probably the only performance that added something special enough to the character to influence me when I rewatch the original trilogy. I actually think about Ewan a lot when I'm watching episodes IV, V and VI, in the Old Ben scenes (I call him that to refer to the old Kenobi, it's easier ).

[Subject87]

Definitely. It was probably the only performance that added something special enough to the character to influence me when I rewatch the original trilogy. I actually think about Ewan a lot when I'm watching episodes IV, V and VI, in the Old Ben scenes (I call him that to refer to the old Kenobi, it's easier ).

Agreed. In one of the special features on the Blu-Ray collection Ewan says he had them make a dvd of all of Alec'as parts in Star Wars so he could study it.

I think it payed off.

[a new hope]

That's really cool. I really like him as an actor.

Does anyone know if Alec and Ewan were ever in the same room together ? I'd love to find a picture or something, but I'm guessing it never happened.

[Subject87]

I doubt it.

From what I understand Alec started really disliking Star Wars.
I could be wrong though

[a new hope]

Yeah I read some comments about that. He sounded very bitter about it I guess he didn't like being defined by that role. But he was a little extreme in his comments.

[Subject87]

That's what I heard, but honestly as successful was A New Hope was what did he expect?

[a new hope]

Yeah and it's not like it's a bad thing. I mean, being eternally recognized as Obi-Wan Kenobi is pretty freaking awesome if you ask me.

[sum1]

It's a pity he couldn't see the worth of Star Wars. There's more to Star Wars than The Bridge Over the River Kwai.

[sum1]

It's a pity he couldn't see the worth of Star Wars. There's more to Star Wars than there is to The Bridge Over the River Kwai.

[a new hope]

I never watched that but it doesn't seem very interesting

[sum1]

It's got an important subject matter, but it's overrated.

[a new hope]

Well regardless of his negative feelings towards SW he still played the character really well.