It’s been over 40 years sinceGeorge Lucascreated movie history in a galaxy far, far away.
I had to say, ‘This is real.
We fly around in spaceships with Wookiees this is all real stuff, real people.’
That was the hardest part."
One of which was casting Al Pacino as the protagonist.
Ironically, Lucas made Pacino an offer he could (and did) refuse (viaLA Weekly).
Lucas wanted Pacino to board the Millennium Falcon but the actor didn’t understand the script.
Pacino said, of the script, “I didn’t get it.
I didn’t know why I’d do it.
So I gave Harrison Ford his career!
He owes me so big!
I’m gonna have him pay me back.
I’m gonna have him build my house.”
Hindsight says that it was definitely the right decision Ford understood and loved the story.
The story we have was more than sufficient; full of humor and emotion and conflict.
It’s a brilliant invention of a mythology that has sustained interest for 40 years.
Made up of whole cloth by George.
An actor without a story to tell might as well go home.
It was a brilliant opportunity for all," he said (viaScreenRant).
Ultimately, there’s nobody else we could envision as the iconic character.
