Wednesday, September 30, 2020

Obi-Wan "Ben" Kenobi: A Rebel With a Cause

Obi-Wan_Kenobi is quite a deep and epic character in the STAR+WARS universe.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Obi-Wan_Kenobi#Original_trilogy_(1977-1983)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Obi-Wan_Kenobi#Rebels

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Obi-Wan_Kenobi_(TV_series)

Well, someone couldn't wait for the O.W. Kenobi TV series, so they did their own fan made version.

KENOBI - A Star Wars Fan Film https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3uDwjIBR9s4

It's pretty good.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Obi-Wan_Kenobi_(TV_series)#Premise

There is a peculiar incident in late September 1955. Alec_Guinness had a sense or a premonition that something bad was about to possibly happen to James_Dean and his new car. 

"It is a spooky story and one that clearly bothered Alec Guinness. 

On Sept. 30, 1955, James Dean died after his Porsche 550 Spyder was in a devastating accident while he was cruising along California 46.

The cultural icon was 24. 

In 1977 interview on the BBC’s Parkinson Talk Show, unearthed by Heat Vision, a somber Guinness recalls how he warned the young man that if he drove that car, he would be killed. That conversation took place the evening of Sept. 23, 1955, just one week prior. 

It all happened when Guinness and a friend were turned away from a packed restaurant in Hollywood, so they began to head elsewhere..." https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/alec-guinness-warned-james-dean-his-car-one-week-before-deadly-crash-1019948 

https://weirdbuttruefacts.com/alec-guinness-and-james-dean-the-premonition , https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tb0Gawxw80g

"This is an overview of James Dean the day he died and what he did. It starts at his home and concludes at his death site." https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zhPIi2RyyMc

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Death_of_James_Dean#Curse_of_Dean's_car , https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CYC3elyIUHU , https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4wnxM1qg76Y

"Long before Lucas began making films, he yearned to be a racecar driver, and he spent most of his high school years racing on the underground circuit at fairgrounds and hanging out at garages. On June 12, 1962, a few days before his high school graduation, Lucas was driving his souped-up Autobianchi Bianchina when another driver broadsided him,[a] flipping his car several times before it crashed into a tree; Lucas's seatbelt had snapped, ejecting him and thereby saving his life.[8] However, his lungs were bruised from severe hemorrhaging and he required emergency medical treatment.[8] This incident caused him to lose interest in racing as a career, but also inspired him to pursue his other interests." https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Lucas#Early_life

https://www.oprah.com/own-oprahs-next-chapter/filmmaker-george-lucas-near-death-experience-video

If GL had died in 1962 the planet wouldn't have had the Star_Wars universe and the world of Indiana_Jones adventures to enjoy.


STAR WARS: HAND OF THE EMPIRE https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a_GLQZEhG90  An excellent fan made film.