KRW Wrote:But what happens between these two stories, any good books to tell the tales?

dejo Wrote:The only books that currently seem to cover the time period between Episodes III and IV deal with Lando Calrissian or Han Solo. Here's a good webpage that covers the whole timeline:

STAR WARS: The Novels--What Happened When?

I've heard that there are upcoming novels that will deal more with the time period between III and IV, however.

Ken Valentine Wrote:Those three Lando Calrissian books were written by L. Neil Smith. Who -- in case you didn't know it -- was "Neil the Anarchist" in The Tomb.

Ken V.

KRW Wrote:Never read one of the books, but I was under the impression that between the time after the Sith and the time before a New Hope was when the jedi would die by Vaders hand and in these battles would be where his body took it's beating.

jimbow8 Wrote:Problem is, Neeson has consistently derided the series since his role.

Blake Wrote:Really? Do you have any quotes? I've never heard him say anything bad about it.

As for Rick McCallum (the producer) saying Neeson's role didn't happen... well, you often can't believe a word the man says. A lot of his talk before movie releases seems either deliberately incorrect or at least mistaken (I suspect the former a lot more than the latter).

Blake

jimbow8 Wrote:I thought he had said worse things, but I could be misremembering.

jimbow8 Wrote:Have you heard the similar stories of Alec Guinness having said not-so-good things?

Blake Wrote:I thought that was fairly mild, but I can see what you mean. He comes across as having been a bit bitter about film-making at that time, though. Maybe he was just going through a bad period. That's the only explanation I can see for the quote where he says he was "inconsequential" to the film (The Phantom Menace). I mean, come on: It was basically his movie!

The part I absolutely didn't like on that page wasn't a quote from Neeson, though; it was the bit about The Phantom Menace being voted "worst sequel ever," beating out the likes of Jaws: The Revenge, Speed 2: Cruise Control, and -- ugh -- Batman & Robin. You have got to be kidding me. Of course, that was probably right after the movie came out and people were in backlash mode, but still... ugh.

Quote:I think he came across as more harsh than Neeson. Still, much has been made of Guinness hating Star Wars, but from I've read, I don't think that quite describes it. He just thought it got far too much attention, and I think he resented being primarily remembered for that role rather than his roles in, say, Lawrence of Arabia or Bridge on the River Kwai. I can't say I blame him, really. He's absolutely amazing in those films, not to mention many others. And let's face it: He's probably the only one who really made Lucas's Star Wars dialogue sound good. Actually, he made it sound downright Shakespearean. He's one of the few actors I've ever seen who seems almost chameleon-like. The only contemporary actor I can think of who seems that way, IMHO, is Gary Oldman. But I digress....

There are some interesting Alec Guinness quotes here, which I assume are accurate. Some I know are from his autobiographies.

Interesting that he apparently claimed Obi-Wan's death was his idea. Lucas always said it was because he realized the character had nothing to do in the last act. Perhaps both stories are true....

Blake

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Yeah, it's really a shame that Guinness felt that way IMO. He was an great actor, and that does often get forgotten behind his Obi-Wan role. I feel similarly about Peter Cushing.

I wonder if Guinness really called Lucas Paul (see quote near end) or if that is a typo on the page.