Was Ewan McGregor cast because....
... of his role in Star Wars?
shareOr were all the Jedi references written in because of Ewan McGregor?
sharethe jedi stuff is in the original book.
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I thought that was really annoying and took alot away from the movie. Every Star Wars reference made with him on the screen just made me twist my face in sarchasm. The movie wasn't all that good in the first place and that really blew it for me.
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Wow, lighten up. You really didn't get the feel of the movie if that annoyed you.
shareI thought it was funnier because of it. Of course they picked him on purpose. The Jedi references would fall flat without that connection.
shareI'm slow. I didn't pick up on the Jedi and Star Wars references with Ewan McGregor until 2/3 into the film. Once I realized it, I said to my boyfriend, "Hey, that's funny because he's in it" and he's like, "You *just* figured that out!?!!"
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No kidding.
sharemade me twist my face in sarchasm
Hmmm... how do you do that?
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made me twist my face in sarchasm
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Hmmm... how do you do that?
easy...
1. Twist your face
2. Do it in a sarchastic way
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In the context of your sentence that doesn't make any sense.
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Hi all,
I can't understand the Jedi reference. They were recruited in the 60's in the vietnam war. Jedi was mentioned when George Clooney had long hair and so they were still in the 60's or late 60's. Star Wars never came out until 1978 so they wouldn't know what a Jedi was at that point.
I can understand the reference later in the movie though, as this was set after 1978.
The war in Vietnam lasted until 1975. And Django after he was released from hospital went on a fact finding mission for 6 years. And it was stated that he returned to base around 1980. So by that time the Star Wars movies were out (at least the first one).
shareI may be off track, but although the Vietnam War ended in 1975, didn't US involvement end in 1971?
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Either way, he returned to the base around 1980. Star Wars was out by that time.
share1) Alec Guinness was otherwise engaged
2) The joke was funny the first time around, much less funny the next 500 times.
Although, it was really funny in a couple specific instances, a lot of other times it seemed like they were just flogging the joke.
3) There actually ARE military units who really go to town with this movie imagery stuff -- it is not at all unusual for some of these guys to call themselves "the evil empire," "terminators," "dark knights," etc etc.
It was kind of odd seieng Ewan McGregor make fun of Jedis seeing he was one for a few flicks tooSource:Movie Reviews The Men Who Stare At Goatshttp://moviereviews.noskram.com/2010/01/movie-reviews-the-men-who-star e-at-goats
shareNo, he was cast in the movie because he's a good actor.
shareI'm just glad they didn't cast someone as creepy and fruity* as the actual person he's playing i.e. author of the original book Jon Ronson.
* in the archaic sense of the word, I don't mean homosexual