Alec Guinness

Alec Guinness played Obi-Wan Kenobi in the Original Trilogy - a role he came to despise and regret taking. Reportedly, he hated his role there so much, he claimed that the death of Obi-wan was his idea to limit his involvement in the project. Allegedly, he rips up or throws away all fanmail he gets without opening it. However, it is to be believed that he did not voice this opinion during the shooting, as the other actors looked up to him as a role model during the filming of "A New Hope."

In 1973, he had a role in Hitler: The Last Ten Days, which also starred Julian Glover and Kenneth Colley.

He recently died on the 5th August 2000 of Liver Cancer.