George Lucas Told Liam Neeson and Ewan McGregor to Stop Making Lightsaber Noises While Filming First ‘Star Wars’ Action Scene: ‘Boys, We Can Add It in Later’
variety.comZack Sharf Digital News Director Liam Neeson appeared on a recent episode of the “Conan O’Brien Needs A Friend” podcast (recorded prior to the SAG-AFTRA strike) and again shaded the “Star Wars” franchise for diluting itself with so many sequels and spinoffs.
The actor, who played the Jedi master Qui-Gon Jinn in George Lucas’ “Star Wars: The Phantom Menace” (1999), was asked about how often “Star Wars” fans come up to him to ask for an autograph. “Not all the time,” Neeson answered. “I mean it is a cult.
There’s so many movies and spin-offs now I think it’s diluting the whole thing, that’s my personal thing. Occasionally there’s kids after a ‘Star Wars’ autograph and I don’t want to give autographs at the airport.
Oh but it’s not the kid, it’s the grandfather, there he is – or the dad. They become 11 year olds.” Neeson said during a February episode of “Watch What Happens Live!” that so many “Star Wars” spinoffs and sequels had “taken away the mystery and the magic” of the franchise “in a weird way.” Neeson had a brief cameo in the Disney+ series “Obi-Wan Kenobi,” but he only had about two lines of dialogue.
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