With Star Wars: The Force Awakens coming out just two weeks from today, many fans may be re-watching the original Star Wars films to get ready for this new adventure, set 32 years after Star Wars: Episode VI - Return of the Jedi. The 1977 classic that started it all, Star Wars: Episode IV - A New Hope, was heavily influenced by the classic Westerns that director George Lucas loved, but he also found inspiration in the films of iconic director Akira Kurosawa and his longtime star Toshirô Mifune. During a an event in Japan to announce Tokyo Comic Con, The Hollywood Reporter reveals that George Lucas offered Toshirô Mifune the iconic roles of both Obi-Wan Kenobi and Darth Vader in Star Wars: Episode IV - A New Hope. Here's what the actor's daughter, Mika Mifune, had to say at the event.
"I heard from my father that he was offered the role of Obi-Wan Kenobi,...
"I heard from my father that he was offered the role of Obi-Wan Kenobi,...
- 12/5/2015
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