It Turns Out Harrison Ford "Didn't Give A Rat's A**" About Passing The STAR WARS Torch

It Turns Out Harrison Ford "Didn't Give A Rat's A**" About Passing The STAR WARS Torch

Harrison Ford's role in Star Wars: The Force Awakens was designed to have him pass the torch to the new, younger cast but he's revealed in a new interview that that's not something that mattered to him.

By JoshWilding - Mar 02, 2018 04:03 AM EST
Filed Under: Star Wars
Source: The New York Times
The new Star Wars trilogy is very much designed to have the original cast members pass the torch to a younger group of actors who can help open the door to a fresh wave of characters and stories. So far, Lucasfilm has done a good job of making that the case, even if it's meant fan-favourite heroes like Han Solo and Luke Skywalker have been killed off in the process (with General Leia no doubt joining them).

However, it turns out that Harrison Ford doesn't really care all that much about handing the Star Wars Saga over to his heir apparent John Boyega or any other cast member for that matter. Asked in a recent interview how it felt "passing the Star Wars baton" with his departure, Ford said: "I don’t know that I thought of it that way at all. I was there to die. And I didn’t really give a rat’s ass who got my sword."

Ford has never been one to mince words when it comes to the Star Wars franchise and he's made it clear on a number of occasions that he only returned for Star Wars: The Force Awakens to finally kill Han Solo off. With that in mind, fans hopefully won't take too much offence to these comments as the actor's remarks clearly aren't a dig at Boyega and company; he just doesn't care that much about Han!
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SuperCat
SuperCat - 3/2/2018, 4:47 AM
AgeofHeroes
AgeofHeroes - 3/2/2018, 4:49 AM
the guy is acting as if he was not being payed well and the role did not make him more famous....sigh
TheLight
TheLight - 3/2/2018, 5:59 AM
@RasAlGhul - Its not that. He just wanted to finally conclude his character. To his experience, he was just an actor paid to do a job playing a smuggler. He just wasn't as crazy about it as so many people are.
MyBeard
MyBeard - 3/2/2018, 8:04 AM
@TheLight - @RasAlGhul - Yes, but for a guy who has had so many other important roles, he talks like someone who resents being typecast because of Han.

Nimoy wrote a book called "I am not Spock" because he was fed up with only being seen as that character. Harrison Ford should have no such concerns.

It's always struck me as strange that he would say these kind of things. Maybe he just finds Star Wars fans to be particularly annoying.
aflynn
aflynn - 3/2/2018, 4:54 AM
Ford only really cares about money at this point in his career.

IKidYouNotMan
IKidYouNotMan - 3/2/2018, 4:57 AM
It’s fine, he played his part.


Fogs
Fogs - 3/2/2018, 5:16 AM
@IKidYouNotMan - plot twist is he was the smart one.
toylled
toylled - 3/2/2018, 4:57 AM
I don't think he gives shit about anything but his pay cheque. Remember him throwing that expensive lego falcon set over his shoulder lmao.
BringFFtoMCU
BringFFtoMCU - 3/2/2018, 4:57 AM
He's an asshole.

I do not expect him to care about the franchise as much as the fans, but he could at least be humble and thankful. He would be nothing without Star Wars and George Lucas.
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