The sound is a little bad, but you can make it out. I like Harrison's professionalism throughout the entire clip. He was very good about not getting in the way of the camera and for letting Mark do more of the work to test his acting skills.

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This is good. part of it was on the documentary that came with the box-set. It was interesting to know that Lucas was actually just using Ford as a stand-in for the Skywalker screentest, to deliver lines to the auditioners. He got so used to his delivery that he cast him.

I think originally he was thinking Kurt Russell for the Solo role. That would have been different.

Also I think I remember seeing the actor who played "The Greatest American Hero" screen testing for Skywalker.

Ya, Harrison was working as a carpenter. He was working on a door jamb when Lucas and an assistant went into the hall to look for a stand-in. The assistant saw Ford and said, "Why don't we use this guy?"

Turns out that the assistant was a friend of Ford's who had gotten him into the building. And the door jamb was perfectly fine. Ford had been "working" on it for hours, waiting for the right moment.

Kurt Russel would have been very different. This was one of those rare occassions when the perfect cast came together.

Well, except for Briggs.

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I've always thought Mark Hamil was pretty weak as an actor though. I've heard that story too Daphne, but I don't know if it's for real, as Harrison had already had a part in American Graffitti.

Ya, I just went looking for the story...which I heard on TV. Of course, I could have heard it on E! so there's no telling the validity of it.

I swear I remember Ford telling the story himself, but he could have been telling a "Hollywood" story - embelished to make it sound good. He does have a sly wit about him.

And I agree about Hamill. But he's GREAT at VOs. He did The Joker in one of the Batman incarnations, and he was brilliant.

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