Movie Casting & Ideas: What Could Have Been

The Great Japanese Actor Toshiro Mifune, was George Lucas first choice for Obi Wan Kombi.
If nothing else, the fight between Darth Vader and Obi Wan on the Death Star would have been very different. And we may have seen an more action pack fight against the Sand People earlier in the film.

The fight between Kenobi and Vader was the way it was not just due to Guiness' age, but also due to the technology of the lightsaber FX at the time. Sure, Mifune might be more agile/energetic but the nature of the lightsaber will make the fight as slow/cumbersome as it was OTL.

Wonder how Mifune would react to Lucas' script. Guiness was (in)famous for his contempt of concepts like "The Force" but was still a pro and gave a good performance (Ford, being a friend of Lucas, told Lucas to his face that his script sucks and would modify most of his lines, encouraging Hamill and Fisher to do the same). How different would Mifune's Kenobi be? Alas, this also means no Ewan for the prequels, he was the one genuine good thing about that trilogy.

It might have been something like this
*snip vid*

Oh sure, give George Lucas more ideas for the next Hyper Super Mega Ultimate Special Editions. Come on Disney, give us the ORIGINAL Original Trilogy dammit :happyblush
 
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The fight between Kenobi and Vader was the way it was not just due to Guiness' age, but also due to the technology of the lightsaber FX at the time. Sure, Mifune might be more agile/energetic but the nature of the lightsaber will make the fight as slow/cumbersome as it was OTL.

Wonder how Mifune would react to Lucas' script. Guiness was (in)famous for his contempt of concepts like "The Force" but was still a pro and gave a good performance. How different would Mifune's Kenobi be? Alas, this also means no Ewan for the prequels, he was the one genuine good thing about that trilogy.
They have to animate the Blades like they did in Empire and Return. During Star War, They tried to project light on the blades, so that why the fight is very still.
The Actors could not move, so the light would show up on the blade.
But to have Mifune in your movie, and not take advantage of his skill with a sword seems a waste.
 
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