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Toshiro Mifune Turned Down Obi Wan Kenobi and Darth Vader Roles, Says Daughter
« on: December 04, 2015, 10:48:40 pm »
Gavin J. Blair
The Hollywood Reporter
December 3, 2015

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The legendary leading man of Akira Kurosawa turned down offers from George Lucas, said his daughter at an event with Steve Wozniak to announce Tokyo Comic Con.

Toshiro Mifune, the legendary actor and star of numerous Akira Kurosawa films including Seven Samurai, Yojimbo and Rashomon, turned down the roles of Obi Wan Kenobi and Darth Vader, worried that Star Wars was going to look cheap, according to his daughter Mika.
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Re: Toshiro Mifune Turned Down Obi Wan Kenobi and Darth Vader Roles, Says Daughter
« Reply #1 on: December 04, 2015, 10:56:04 pm »
 
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The legendary leading man of Akira Kurosawa turned down offers from George Lucas, said his daughter at an event with Steve Wozniak to announce Tokyo Comic Con.

Thank gawd...    :silly:

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Re: Toshiro Mifune Turned Down Obi Wan Kenobi and Darth Vader Roles, Says Daughter
« Reply #2 on: December 04, 2015, 10:58:17 pm »
I would not be surprised, Lucas was obsessed with The Seven Samuari and most of the original Star Wars was inspired by that.  He would have been an interesting Obi Wan.

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