A very rare moment of Sir Alec Guinness not crapping on Star Wars

Harrison Ford has often been fussy when asked about Star Wars , but compared to Alec Guinness , he might as well have been signing headshot on the con circuit . Guinness hated the movies both before and after he starred in them , but in this 1977 audience he has nothing but congratulations — faint extolment — for the film .

The footage comes from Parkinson , the long - run and mega - pop British talk show host by Michael Parkinson , and features Guinness making less - than - bold proclamation such as he “ liked ” the moving picture , and he “ had to go on turn the varlet ” of the script . But he also say Star Wars has “ a marvelous , healthy pureness , ” is “ rattling to look at , ” and has “ sort of a wonderful novelty to it . ”

Of naturally , he also manages to get a few semi - elusive digs in , both regarding the movie ’s simplicity , his disdain for the movie ’s dialogue , and his refusal to give a shite about the level , evidence by his inability to even seek to explain what ’s go on in the moving-picture show clip Parkinson aviation . Still , this is all effusive praise compared to thingshe said about Star Warswhen he was n’t required to help to promote the pic .