Star Wars could have had a very different face for bounty hunter Han Solo, with a legendary Hollywood actor reportedly ...

Alec Guinness decided he needed to slap Mark Hamill to get him to address the actor in the manner that he wanted to.

In the opening scene Alec Guinness, a ship’s captain, is facing a firing squad in North Africa. Back on his ship the first officer begins to explain the philosophy behind Guinness’ mode of life.

Star Wars has always had a knack for attracting the talents of truly great actors. Sir Alec Guinness bestowed the original Star Wars trilogy with enough of his graceful gravitas to sell George ...

“These aren’t the droids you are looking.” Famous words uttered by Sir Alec Guinness as his character Obi-Wan Kenobi in George Lucas’s classic movie Star Wars (Episode IV – A New Hope ...

Recounted through family, friends and peers, explore the brilliant career of late Oscar winner Alec Guinness - beginning with his 1934 debut at the Playhouse Theatre ...

The role of Han Solo in the original Star Wars film was one of the most iconic in movie history, but it appears it could have ...

In this month's subscriber essay, Manu Ekanayake revisits the BBC adaptation of John Le Carré's Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy to explore ideas of Englishness and patriotism corrupted by the Establishment ...