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Posted 10 June 2005 - 07:56 PM

Why the hell are there so many British guys in Star Wars. Not that I'm complaining, it just seems odd that there would be so many. SW is an American film, after all. I actually read in some interview where GL said something to the effect of "I'm trying to even out the British and Americans in the movie. I don't want it to come off as GB versus America."

Maybe he did this to appeal to British audiences?
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Posted 10 June 2005 - 11:05 PM

I think the only crew he could really get for Tunisia was a British crew, Cushing and Guinness were there as Cushing and Guiness, not as englishmen, also, though a lot of the Imperial actors were american ("Where are you taking this... thing") there were a lot of mid-atlantic types who really slipped into a British role around Cushing.
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Posted 11 June 2005 - 03:32 PM

In general it does seem that most of the good guys have American accents while most of the bad guys have British (or rather, English) accents. Vader and Obi-Wan are exceptions, though - and if I remember correctly, Mon Mothma had an English accent as well.

I think I read somewhere that a 'British' accent in Star Wars is supposed to show that the person comes from the Core Worlds, but I'm not sure how accurate this is. Can anyone else confirm this?
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Posted 13 June 2005 - 02:05 PM

Star Wars without British means Star Wars without Peter Cushing and Alec Guiness. They have the best perfomances of ANH.
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Posted 13 June 2005 - 02:06 PM

I didn't say I don't want any brits in the movie, I just think it's odd.
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Posted 13 June 2005 - 02:49 PM

As the movie was also filmed in London a lot of the actors and extras were at hand. A lot of British actors were dubbed over with American accents, especially the X-wing pilots.
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Posted 20 June 2005 - 04:09 PM

Bingo, the production was done in London. Chewbacca, C3PO, and R2D2 were all played by British actors as well.

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