Sir Alec Guinness brought a grace to the silver screen like few actors before or since. With his aristocratic gait and air of savoir fare, Sir Alec created a worldly array of memorable characters on the screen from British officers, to Arabian sheiks to Russian agents to otherworldy Jedi Knights to the most horrible butcher mankind has known. Although he left us, his legacy lives on in his art and the joy his performances continue to bring to us all.
Ask any "Star Wars" fan to name the actor who has logged the most time on screen as Obi-Wan Kenobi, and they'll no doubt throw out either Ewan McGregor or Sir Alec Guinness.
Publ.Date : Mon, 16 Nov 2009 12:12:59 GMTWhen Anthony Daniels, the English actor who breathed life into the metal body of fussy droid C-3PO in all six “Star Wars” films, ambles onto the Wachovia Arena’s stage in Wilkes-Barre Township on Tuesday night, don’t expect the narrator of “Star Wars: In Concert” to be shining brightly in Threepio’s constrictive gold costume.
Publ.Date : Fri, 13 Nov 2009 07:08:30 GMTMickee Faust Club: Gourds go airborne and spill their guts at the 15th Annual Mickee Faust Punkin' Chuckin' event at 1 p.m. Sunday at the Mickee Faust Clubhouse in Railroad Square Art Park. Contestants pay $2 per gourd to have their entry judged for its artistic and agricultural merits before it's slung, launched, tossed, rolled, kicked or otherwise propelled.
Publ.Date : Fri, 06 Nov 2009 07:08:04 GMT
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Sir Alec was not the original vision for the role of the venerable Jedi Knight Obi-Wan Kenobi in Star Wars. The character was originally planned to be less serious, but the grace Sir Alec brought to the part caused George Lucas to re-write it.
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