One of my favorite Japanese actors could have been cast in the role of one of two iconic characters from movie history…but he decided not to, according to his daughter. Bummer…it meant he would have learned his lines phonetically, just like he did with “Midway”:
Mifune ultimately turned down the role of Obi-Wan because he thought “Star Wars” was just going to be a kids’ movie, and obviously the alleged counter-offer of Vader didn’t convince him otherwise. It was all probably for the best (where would we be without that nightmares-inducing Vader mask?), but the what-if? scenario certainly conjures amusing visions of Darth Vader as an angry (and probably bearded) Japanese man.
One thing’s for sure — if Mifune had accepted either role, it would’ve made for one hell of a lightsaber duel.
Indeed! It’s time for the Overnight Open Thread!
Tags: Darth Vader, George Lucas, Star Wars, Toshiro Mifune
and you thought you were safe…
/silly, everyone knows Darth Vader is Karl Rove…
@ brookly red:
brookly red wrote:
I thought that was Palpatine.
1389AD wrote:
Robert Byrd was Palpatine.
1389AD wrote:
I left a link for you at the bottom of the thread downstairs -- comment #168 -- ‘cuz I know you like cats
lobo91 wrote:
I’m burned out with race
Gingrich bitch-slaps Nora O’Donnell into next week.
If gun control works, Chicago ought to be safe.
@ eaglesoars:
Newt speaks the truth.
Rodan wrote:
*sigh*
Yeah. My guys always lose. Gingrich. Fred Thompson. Discouraging.
Jesse the Shake claimed that more guns made people less safe…he was probably in the Bahamas rather than Chicago at the time
@ heysoos:
who the hell is Jesse the Shake?
@ eaglesoars:
You too, huh?
We taught Leia to raise her ears whenever someone said Thompson back in 2008.
eaglesoars wrote:
Jesse Jackson, shakedown artist
@ eaglesoars:
Your guys are my guys!
I was for Newt because he is my type of Republican, Center-Right solutions oriented and forward looking. Sadly they seem to be a dying breed!
Oh well, we just have to live and take care of ourselves!
@ lobo91:
Hey! I’m watching Justified -- still lovin it. Why is Raylan’s father in prison?
heysoos wrote:
heh. I’m stealing that!
eaglesoars wrote:
32 oz soda…
eaglesoars wrote:
That’s not exactly clear. In the 3rd season finale, Arlo confessed to killing a state cop and one of Boyd Crowder’s guys, but I don’t think he actually did it.
I’m sure we’ll learn more in the future.
eaglesoars wrote:
we were riffin on mobster names last night
brookly red wrote:
They don’thave 32 oz sodas in Harlan Co. Kentucky. The have 32 oz. bottles of moonshine.
I’m retiring there.
@ eaglesoars:
Arlo Givens is pretty much a career criminal (like much of Harlan, actually) but it was mostly small-time stuff. I don’t think he actually killed anyone.
And he has the early stages of Alzheimers or some other type of dementia.
lobo91 wrote:
Once I recover from the latest round of Molly’s vet bills, I’m ordering the previous seasons
eaglesoars wrote:
You really do need to watch it from the beginning to be able to understand the big picture.
you’re thinking, who the hell is Jimmy Reed?…
@ brookly red:
Now that there is funny
eaglesoars wrote:
I came within an inch of buying a bunch of land down there, in the eastern hills…I love Kentucky
@ eaglesoars:
I had all the episodes from the first 3 seasons on my recently-departed laptop.
lobo91 wrote:
True. But the dialogue is SO fantastic. Waldo Truth’s wife -- “I thought we were talkin’ about shit that don’t matter. Most romantic thing anyone ever said to me.”
That’s iconic. If dialogue can be iconic. I get the same kick out of Lonesome Dove.
lobo91 wrote:
@ eaglesoars:
The part where the judge got shot by a drugged-out whore while wearing a bear costume last week was classic.
Also shows why you want something bigger than a 5 shot .38 special
heysoos wrote:
I love Virginia. Hubby could never leave and it would break my heart too. But more and more I think we may need a place to hide -- and I’m thinking Texas.
lobo91 wrote:
Hubby wanted to know what I was laughing at. He could hear me downstairs. At the break I told him trailer trash just shot a judge in a bear costume.
He looked at me and said “You’re never boring”
eaglesoars wrote:
I fled MI for New Mexico, for several reasons…Texas is a beast, I could live down near the gulf somewhere
Of the 22 candidates in the race for Jesse Jackson Jr’s vacated congressional seat (IL-2), 17 Democrats and 5 Republicans, only one candidate is speaking out against the Chicago machine. At a January 12 candidate forum, Republican candidate Paul McKinley set the crowd alight as he spoke of voters taking responsibility for voting the same types of candidates in time and again
@ heysoos:
Problem is, NM has Santa Fe and they seem to always get their way. Good news is your new governor.
heysoos wrote:
I’d be away from the gulf. Far too much experience with floods. When I was a little girl, we used to vacation in Biloxi Mississippi in a house right across Rte 66 from the gulf. Loved it. Then in ’68 (I think) Hurricane Camille destroyed everything.
The election day flood nearly destroyed all my family’s property in Penna.
AZfederalist wrote:
I moved from the NE Heights of Albuquerque to Santa Fe back in 2000.
By 2003, I gave up on the state entirely and moved to where I am now, in Colorado.
I think I’m done moving.
AZfederalist wrote:
Santa Fe is a liberal pit for sure…I can’t stand going near the place…other than that we are fairy diverse…nobody is very extreme down here…we pretty much stick to ourselves despite political differences…NM wrote several chapters on State’s Corruption…nobody cares about us so we rip each other off….it’s what we do
@ AZfederalist:
@ lobo91:
@ heysoos:
The best I can tell, Fanta Se has largely been over run by Californiacs. Lost cause.
huckfunn wrote:
Pretty much
ok bedtime.
nite everyone
@ eaglesoars:
Night
@ eaglesoars:
Goodnight Eaglesoars
Hey! As I was shutting down all the windows I caught this at instapundit. Guess who’s joing PJTV?
Allen West!
‘k nite
Well, I see NT acted quickly and now claims the crown of “most restrictive gun laws in the US.” There is one absolutely certain outcome of this -- CA will not let it’s cross-country rival in stupidty take away their cherised # 1 position, so look for them to get something even more draconian into law ASAP. NY needed RINOs to pull it off, but CA faces no such problems.
Er, “NY”, not “NT”.
Good morning. Even adults like playing in puddles.
@ PaladinPhil:
Biding time for when I can try that Gingerbread Latte! LOL!