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Liam Neeson may have famously played a man who had his daughter stolen from him back in 2008, but nearly a decade earlier he committed a far more serious theft himself: He stole an iconic line from poor Samuel L. Jackson.
Jackson's tenure in the "Star Wars" prequel trilogy is famous for his many fun requests for his character, like his purple lightsaber. "We had this big arena, this fight scene with all these Jedi," he explained on The Graham Norton Show, "And I was like, well s**t, I wanna be able to find myself in this big ol' scene. So I said to George, 'You think maybe I can get a purple lightsaber?'" One of Jackson's other hopes for his character, which was admittedly far less important, was that he'd get to be the first one in the movie to say that line, "May the force be with you.
Jackson's tenure in the "Star Wars" prequel trilogy is famous for his many fun requests for his character, like his purple lightsaber. "We had this big arena, this fight scene with all these Jedi," he explained on The Graham Norton Show, "And I was like, well s**t, I wanna be able to find myself in this big ol' scene. So I said to George, 'You think maybe I can get a purple lightsaber?'" One of Jackson's other hopes for his character, which was admittedly far less important, was that he'd get to be the first one in the movie to say that line, "May the force be with you.
- 11/21/2023
- by Michael Boyle
- Slash Film
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With the notable exception of the beloved Carrie Fisher, many of the iconic lead actors in the "Star Wars" saga are still with us. Mark Hamill, Harrison Ford, Liam Neeson, Ewan McGregor, and Natalie Portman are all going strong, and so are the stars of the space opera's most recent episodes. Some of the actors from the original film who were already veterans at the time, like Alec Guinness and Peter Cushing, died some years ago, but both enjoyed long lives beyond the average age.
Sadly, this cannot be said of numerous other actors involved in the big screen franchise and its recent TV spin-offs. Performers have died in their 70s, 60s, and 50s, many of them leaving us wishing we could have seen more years of great performances from them. Whether they had spotlight roles or were hidden behind alien masks, here are the "Star Wars" actors we lost too soon.
Sadly, this cannot be said of numerous other actors involved in the big screen franchise and its recent TV spin-offs. Performers have died in their 70s, 60s, and 50s, many of them leaving us wishing we could have seen more years of great performances from them. Whether they had spotlight roles or were hidden behind alien masks, here are the "Star Wars" actors we lost too soon.
- 9/2/2023
- by Jack Hawkins
- Slash Film
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