How the dialogue in Star Wars was saved

Watch how the cast members of Star Wars - Mark Hamill, Harrison Ford, and sir Alec Guinness - influenced George Lucas to alter the script and change the dialogues.

[tupacca]

Mark Hamill wasn't kidding. He never forgot this line

[Midwinter]

To be fair, as terrible as that line was, Mark Hamill was able to make it fly.

[ChrisOliver]

If George had written a high-speed chase scene in a 1970's police drama, he'd have a cop say "Try to hold them off, take the gun and pull the trigger while aiming at their car while I put my foot on the gas and change gears while we try to go fast and outrun them."

[jasonfenton]

"You can type this stuff George, but you can't say it."

"You underestimate my power."

[rhino]

I can’t believe there was a time when he just had to refer to Han Solo as “the space pirate”

[davidoconnell]

Mark is the rare beast. Lived in the public gaze for 40 years and still seems just a lovely man.

[morkofork]

"There's one line I begged him to take out"
"Maclunkey"

[gungriffen]

The problem with Mark's line is it's very much a military line. It could have been said by a Rebel officer or even Luke in Empire after some years of military service but it doesn't fit Luke the lost farm boy of A New Hope.

[DrewPicklesTheDark]

"I'll never forget it as long as I live." He said back in the 70s, meanwhile like 35-40 years later he gets it down.

[benjaminolson]

"Fear is their greatest defense" had Obi-Wan Kenobi written all over it. I don't know how it ended up in Luke's mouth. And as the beginning of a pile of exposition it could never work.

[epicfilms]

Alec Guinness has the loveliest voice. Perfect for wise old Obi-Wan.

[therookpiece]

Love how Mark has always done his Harrison Ford impersonation.

[SusieUndertale]

You can tell Mark was SO excited about this being his potentially breakout role, and he put every ounce of his energy into it and it paid off for him

[Profile__]

"George Lucas getting roasted to his face in front of an audience for 10 minutes straight."

[InsidiousOne]

2:17 Lucas is like: "I wrote that damn line, like, 100 years ago, why do you still roast me for that?"

[Totallymexoxo]

I love Mark Hamill for standing up for Jake Lloyd, that little boy deserved better than what the SW fandom tends to do to actors

[seanfinn]

Jake Lloyd, if you're reading this, I thought you did a great job.

[zagrozaslan]

George looks so uncomfortable while his acquaintances make fun of him

[ethanevans]

The actors only had the balls to fix the dialogue because it wasn’t the STAR WARS we all know yet. It was just a space film, and therefore no one had the respect for the project that actors nowadays must feel towards it. The original trilogy was really lightening in a bottle. A real group effort that made it what it was. It wasn’t just Lucas, and it shows.

[katiebruton]

“we’re the ones who are gonna get vegetables thrown at us” aged too well