Whether you called him Old Ben or Obi-Wan, he explained (almost) everything we needed to know about the Jedi who were once guardians of peace and justice in the Old Republic, not to mention a certain former pupil who was seduced by the Dark Side of the Force. And as he spouted a load of hippy-ish “mumbo-jumbo” (Han Solo’s words, not ours) about mystical energy fields binding the galaxy together, he turned out to be Basil Exposition in a galaxy far, far away – a job he did so well you could almost forgive the key intel about the Skywalker family tree he held back for the sequels. Almost…
Because among George Lucas’s many moments of inspiration on the original Star Wars – giving a starring role to a little-known carpenter; founding Industrial Light & Magic; keeping a hefty share of the merchandising rights – few can compete with the casting of Sir Alec Guinness as Obi-Wan Kenobi, a veteran English character actor hired to supply some gravitas among a cast of almost-unknowns. And even though Guinness remained sceptical about the words coming out of his mouth – “New rubbish dialogue reaches me every other day on wadges of pink paper,” he lamented during production – his Oscar-nominated performance ensured that a character killed off before the movie’s final act would become more powerful than we could possibly imagine.
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ANCER MAHAGEMENT
WITH A NEW TRILOGY IN SIGHT, WE SPEAK TO THE DIRECTOR OF 28 WEEKS LATER THE ORIGINAL CHILLING SEQUEL TO DANNY BOYLE'S SEMINAL SURVIVAL HORROR
WHO YA CONNA CALL?
BEHIND THE SCENES AT HALLOWEEN HORROR NIGHTS FOR GHOSTBUSTERS: FROZEN EMPIRE
SPEAK OF THE DEVIL
THE DEVIL'S HOUR STRIKES TWICE AS THE GENREDEFYING DRAMA RETURNS
SCARRY STORIES TO TELL IN THE DARK
FROM THE RETURN OF EC COMICS TO SCREAM!, THIS YEAR'S HALLOWEEN OFFERS UP HORROR COMICS FOR ALL THE AGES
UNDEADS REFLECTIONS
NEIL JORDAN ON BRINGING ANNE RICE'S MODERN VAMPIRE CLASSIC TO SCREEN, 30 YEARS ON
MUNSTER MASH!
PRODUCTION HELL, SHOCK RECASTING AND HOTLY CONTESTED AUTHORSHIP. AS THE MUNSTERS CELEBRATE THEIR 60TH ANNIVERSARY, WE UNCOVER HOW THE SPOOKY SITCOM WAS ALMOST DEAD ON ARRIVAL
COMING TO AMERICA
THE MOGWAI LIVE THE AMERICAN DREAM IN THEIR SECOND CHAPTER, GREMLINS: THE WILD BATCH
BEING HUMAN EVOLUTION
IT MAY HAVE BEEN AN INSTANT HIT, BUT BBC THREE'S DARKLY COMIC DRAMA ABOUT A HOUSE-SHARING VAMPIRE/WEREWOLF/GHOST TRIO HAD A STRANGE JOURNEY TO THE SCREEN, SERIES CREATOR TOBY WHITHOUSE TELLS SFX
THE MAINE EVENT
THE DARK IS RISING IN SALEM'S LOT AS STEPHEN KING'S DEATHLESS TALE RETURNS TO THE SCREEN
WHY DON'T YOU STAY FOR A BITE?
THE VAMPIRE COMES HOME AS DIRECTOR EUROS LYN WELCOMES SFX TO HIS NEW DARK COMEDY THE RADLEYS
