When Lucas simply could not give Russell a solution on which character (if any) he’d play in “Star Wars,” the actor determined to stroll away. “So I mentioned, ‘All proper, I’ll go take this Western and there shall be one much less man to consider.’ I do not know if he would’ve employed me.”
You possibly can choose for your self whether or not Russell seems to be like a great match by testing his audition tape. Nonetheless, it is most likely for the most effective that he missed out on the franchise. In spite of everything, in 1979, simply a few years after “Star Wars,” Russell acted in “Elvis,” making the transition from little one actor to a correct Hollywood actor. Extra importantly, it established a collaboration between Russell and John Carpenter that lasted for years and resulted in among the greatest style movies of the ’80s. If Russell had piloted the Millennium Falcon, we might by no means have gotten “The Factor,” “Escape from New York,” or any of their different films collectively.