Alec Guinness Hated Star Wars or How I Became a Famous Star Wars Fan: A True Star Wars Story

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Alec Guinness Hated Star Wars or How I Became a Famous Star Wars Fan: A True Star Wars Story

By: Daniel Henning

Narrated by: Daniel Henning

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About this listen

In October 1979, Sir Alec Guinness met a 12-year-old Daniel Henning and asked him to make a startling promise. Twenty years later, Guinness, who is known all around the world as the sage Jedi Master Obi-Wan Kenobi from the original Star Wars, recounted this exchange in his final memoir.

Guinness' story has become legendary as it cuts to the heart of his "hatred" of Star Wars, one of the greatest motion pictures of all time. Numerous articles have been written about the exchange and it has even been a meme by Cracked.com. Henning finally tells (and narrates) his side of the fabled meeting in this short memoir piece.

The story intertwines with Henning's experiences acting in the Academy Award-winning The Black Stallion and the humorous conversation he had with the film's producer Francis Ford Coppola. It's a young movie lover's journey from sitting in the front row to being in front of the camera. Sweet, funny, and nostalgic, it is expanded from a piece that originally appeared on Buzzfeed.

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Entertainment & Celebrities

Star Wars

Celebrity

Memoir

Funny

Witty