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Obi-Wan is portrayed by Alec Guinness in the original trilogy and by Ewan McGregor in the prequel films. McGregor also plays the character in the television series Obi-Wan Kenobi. Guinness's performance in Star Wars (1977) [u] earned him the Saturn Award for Best Supporting Actor, as well as a nomination for the Academy Award for Best ...
Sir Alec Guinness (born Alec Guinness de Cuffe; 2 April 1914 – 5 August 2000) was an English actor.In the British Film Institute listing of 1999 of the 100 most important British films of the 20th century, he was the single most noted actor, represented across nine films — six in starring roles and three in supporting roles — including five directed by David Lean and four from Ealing ...
Obi-Wan Kenobi was played by Sir Alec Guinness in the original trilogy, which started with Episode IV – A New Hope (1977) and ended in 1983 with Episode VI – Return of the Jedi.
The name change-up supposedly clarifies a detail from Alec Guinness' version of the character — but does it make sense? If you strike him down, Obi-Wan Kenobi will become more powerful than you ...
Alec Guinness as Obi-Wan "Ben" Kenobi: An aging Jedi Master who introduces Luke to the Force [13] [14] Anthony Daniels as See Threepio (C3PO): A humanoid protocol droid [a] [15] Kenny Baker as Artoo Detoo (R2-D2): An astromech droid [16] Peter Mayhew as Chewbacca: Han's Wookiee friend and co-pilot of the Millennium Falcon [17]
Obi-Wan Kenobi (voiced by James Arnold Taylor as a young man, Stephen Stanton and Alec Guinness as the older "Ben Kenobi") is a former General of the Clone Wars and the original Jedi Master of Darth Vader who appears throughout the original and prequel trilogies.
Alec Guinness: A Class Act is a 2024 documentary film about English actor Alec Guinness.The documentary tells the story of Guinness' career in the entertainment industry from the stage, including his 1934 performance at the Playhouse Theatre and his work in Shakespearean theatre, to the cinema, where he won an Oscar for The Bridge on the River Kwai, and gained widespread fame for his role as ...
Mos Eisley is a spaceport town in the fictional Star Wars universe. [1] Located on the planet Tatooine, it first appeared in the 1977 film Star Wars, described by the character Obi-Wan Kenobi (played by Alec Guinness) as a "wretched hive of scum and villainy".