Although veteran actors Alec Guinness and Peter Cushing were enlisted, Lucas wanted to go with unknowns for the three young leads. Mark Hamill, who appeared in the TV series "The Texas Wheelers," was an ideal Luke Skywalker, and Carrie Fisher, who'd had a memorable small role in "Shampoo," was a saucy Princess Leia. But no unknown could get past Harrison Ford (featured in "American Graffiti") as the mercenary Han Solo.
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