The image above, of Prowse and Alec Guinness, who played Ben Kenobi, is a reminder that for all the awe and majesty it inspires, Star Wars was the result of hard work and commitment by real people with no Jedi powers.
Guiness was the only member of the cast who was a bona fide screen icon before the release of Star Wars, given that he’d already won an Oscar for Best Actor in 1957’s The Bridge on the River Kwai and was one of the biggest stars of the 1950s and 1960s.
He received a Best Supporting Actor nomination for his role in Star Wars, and the film was nominated for 12 Oscars in all, including for Best Picture and Best Director for creator George Lucas. It won eight.
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