Comment Re:Maybe because the movies were not that good? (Score 5, Informative) 360
Alec Guinness was already big before this movie, at least in the UK.
Seriously? Lawrence of Arabia? The Bridge on the River Kwai? Doctor Zivago? Great Expectations? Our man in Havana? I think Sir Alec was big all over the place, even before Star Wars. He just offered to help, because he was their only hope.