10 Ways Star Wars Actors FIXED Scenes They Hated
3. Mark Hamill Convinced George Lucas To Scrap An AWFUL Line Of Dialogue - A New Hope
It's no secret that A New Hope in particular has its fair share of ropey dialogue, but in one scene it eventually became too much for Mark Hamill, who convinced George Lucas to scrap the offending verbiage entirely.
Shortly after the destruction of Alderaan, Luke and Han Solo (Harrison Ford) were meant to have an exchange on the Millennium Falcon, where Han mentions that he's going to drop Luke and company off on the nearest asteroid, and Luke replies with the following word-salad:
"But we can't turn back, fear is their greatest defence. I doubt if the actual security there is any greater than it was on Aquilae or Sullust and what there is is most likely directed towards a large-scale assault."
Hilariously, Hamill bluntly told Lucas what he thought of the dialogue. He said:
"Who talks like this, George?... This is really not fair, because you know we're the ones who are gonna get vegetables thrown at us. Not you!"
And his appeal ultimately won out, as Lucas binned the cumbersome dialogue in favour of more plainly-spoken chatter between the two. Praise be.