Did lucas get lucky with the casting? - Star Wars Reviews

This is a wonderful film, but it's hard to know whether Lucas really intended it to be the way it is, especially when you look at the souless prequel he made later. You'd be forgiven for thinking that he just got lucky with the cast; Hamil almost doesn't act-which is perfect for 'New Hope', although begins to grate a little in 'Empire' & 'Jedi'. Fisher turns snotty teenage attitude into haughty regal impatience, something which is again lost to some extent as the trilogy progresses. The real find is Ford, who despite complaining about Lucas' script, sure DID find a way to say the words. Because of the varying accents and acting abilities, the film has a breadth which again, it's hard to believe Lucas intended. You never get the feeling that the cast was assembled; they are simply random characters from very different backgrounds thrown together. The fact that their abilities and characteristics clash on many levels actually gives the impression that there IS a vast, infinitely varied universe out there. Even with all the extra special effects Lucas has been able to harness for the newer films, he never engages that extra facility in the viewers head that made the original series so great.