# Wow, Harrison Ford is really not keen on Star Wars... **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [August 17, 2013, 12:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wow-harrison-ford-is-really-not-keen-on-star-wars/666462 "2013-08-17T00:23:26Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Jonathan\_Chance](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jonathan_chance/32/701_2.png) [@Jonathan\_Chance](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jonathan_Chance)\ **Post date:** [August 17, 2013, 12:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wow-harrison-ford-is-really-not-keen-on-star-wars/666462/1 "2013-08-17T00:23:26Z")
…is he? I just saw him on [Conan O’Brien’s show](http://io9.com/conan-obrien-bribes-harrison-ford-for-episode-vii-news-1155345250) and two things struck me. 1. He’s really not into the whole Star Wars thing and seems to not want to be associated any more. 2. Man, he’s gotten OLD. Not just aging as he should, but acting and moving old. ---
**Author:** ![MichaelEmouse](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/michaelemouse/32/101_2.png) [@MichaelEmouse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MichaelEmouse)\ **Post date:** [August 17, 2013, 12:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wow-harrison-ford-is-really-not-keen-on-star-wars/666462/2 "2013-08-17T00:29:21Z")
The Conan O’Brien show is a comedy show. Ford is an actor who can pretend to feel emotions convincingly. They made a joke about Ford being tired of Star Wars. It’s been a long while since I’m watch the COS but that’s exactly the type of deprecating comedy I know it for. I hope I act and move as old as him when/if I’m 71 years old. ---
**Author:** ![aceplace57](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aceplace57/32/3500_2.png) [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Post date:** [August 17, 2013, 12:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wow-harrison-ford-is-really-not-keen-on-star-wars/666462/3 "2013-08-17T00:39:22Z")
He’s totally bald with glasses in the _Paranoia_ movie trailer they’ve been running for a couple weeks. [![](https://cdn-media.hollywood.com/images/l/harrison_ford_paranoia_1.jpg) ](https://cdn-media.hollywood.com/images/l/harrison_ford_paranoia_1.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![IvoryTowerDenizen](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ivorytowerdenizen/32/17937_2.png) [@IvoryTowerDenizen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/IvoryTowerDenizen)\ **Post date:** [August 17, 2013, 12:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wow-harrison-ford-is-really-not-keen-on-star-wars/666462/4 "2013-08-17T00:45:25Z")
He was totally acting, and very funny about it, too! ---
**Author:** ![MsWhatsit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/eb8c5e/32.png) [@MsWhatsit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MsWhatsit)\ **Post date:** [August 17, 2013, 12:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wow-harrison-ford-is-really-not-keen-on-star-wars/666462/5 "2013-08-17T00:46:42Z")
Yeah, he was just having some fun with the bit. That said, his voice does sound oddly… aged, for lack of a better word. ---
**Author:** ![Happy\_Lendervedder](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/happy_lendervedder/32/8488_2.png) [@Happy\_Lendervedder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Happy_Lendervedder)\ **Post date:** [August 17, 2013, 1:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wow-harrison-ford-is-really-not-keen-on-star-wars/666462/6 "2013-08-17T01:11:34Z")
He’ll always be Bob Falfa to me. ---
**Author:** ![aNewLeaf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ac91a4/32.png) [@aNewLeaf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aNewLeaf)\ **Post date:** [August 17, 2013, 1:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wow-harrison-ford-is-really-not-keen-on-star-wars/666462/7 "2013-08-17T01:12:39Z")
When 71 years old you are, look so good, you will not. ---
**Author:** ![pancakes3](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ba9def/32.png) [@pancakes3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pancakes3)\ **Post date:** [August 17, 2013, 1:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wow-harrison-ford-is-really-not-keen-on-star-wars/666462/8 "2013-08-17T01:21:43Z")
> [@aceplace57](#): > > He’s totally bald with glasses in the _Paranoia_ movie trailer they’ve been running for a couple weeks. > [http://cdn-media.hollywood.com/images/l/harrison\_ford\_paranoia\_1.jpg](http://cdn-media.hollywood.com/images/l/harrison_ford_paranoia_1.jpg) He looks likes a less haggard Ed O’neil. ---
**Author:** ![lawoot](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/35a633/32.png) [@lawoot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lawoot)\ **Post date:** [August 17, 2013, 2:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wow-harrison-ford-is-really-not-keen-on-star-wars/666462/9 "2013-08-17T02:29:14Z")
I still like the bit he did [on Kimmel…](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7T0vs9gYydo) ---
**Author:** ![Folly](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/folly/32/3219_2.png) [@Folly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Folly)\ **Post date:** [August 17, 2013, 3:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wow-harrison-ford-is-really-not-keen-on-star-wars/666462/10 "2013-08-17T03:01:27Z")
> [@Happy\_Lendervedder](#): > > He’ll always be Bob Falfa to me. He’ll always be Boba Fett to me. But that’s because I’m easily confused. ---
**Author:** ![thelurkinghorror](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/7c8e57/32.png) [@thelurkinghorror](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/thelurkinghorror)\ **Post date:** [August 17, 2013, 3:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wow-harrison-ford-is-really-not-keen-on-star-wars/666462/11 "2013-08-17T03:26:30Z")
Not into it? Was he ever? Neither was Alec Guinness. [Supposedly, he wasn’t even sure he wanted to do a third film](http://www.cracked.com/article_19918_6-terrible-decisions-that-gave-us-great-movie-moments.html). ---
**Author:** ![Tom\_Tildrum](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/e95f7d/32.png) [@Tom\_Tildrum](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tom_Tildrum)\ **Post date:** [August 17, 2013, 4:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wow-harrison-ford-is-really-not-keen-on-star-wars/666462/12 "2013-08-17T04:04:07Z")
> [@aceplace57](#): > > He’s totally bald with glasses in the _Paranoia_ movie trailer they’ve been running for a couple weeks. [Ford](http://screenfury.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/harrison-ford-paranoia.jpg) kind of has a [Swifty Lazar](http://waldinadotcom.files.wordpress.com/2012/01/swifty-lazar.jpg) thing going on. ---
**Author:** ![PastTense](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pasttense/32/14550_2.png) [@PastTense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PastTense)\ **Post date:** [August 17, 2013, 4:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wow-harrison-ford-is-really-not-keen-on-star-wars/666462/13 "2013-08-17T04:50:58Z")
From what posters are saying this sort of reminds me of William Shatner, Startrek and “Get a Life” [http://vimeo.com/44941848](http://vimeo.com/44941848) ---
**Author:** ![Hail\_Ants](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/dc4da7/32.png) [@Hail\_Ants](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hail_Ants)\ **Post date:** [August 17, 2013, 7:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wow-harrison-ford-is-really-not-keen-on-star-wars/666462/14 "2013-08-17T07:16:45Z")
> [@thelurkinghorror](#): > > Not into it? Was he ever? Neither was Alec Guinness. > [Supposedly, he wasn’t even sure he wanted to do a third film](http://www.cracked.com/article_19918_6-terrible-decisions-that-gave-us-great-movie-moments.html). Yeah, although he never went out of his way to badmouth them, since ROTJ he’s made no secret that although he was more than happy to have been involved with something that gave him so many opportunities (not to mention a few pretty fat paychecks) he knew that ultimately, from an actor’s pov, the movies were kid’s stuff and he very \*very \*much wanted to move on. Particularly after his huge success with Indiana Jones (still Lucas but slightly less kid stuff) he proved that he was a bankable leading man. There just wasn’t a whole lot left to do with the Han Solo character, acting-wise. BTW, Alec Guinness didn’t want to do any more partly because he was an old school classically trained thespian and these were rather silly films, but also because he had absolutely no need to. He was the only member of the original cast to see the first film’s potential and he opted for points instead of a salary. Smart move! I was glad to see Ford be there for the AFI tribute to Lucas. The look on his, Carrie Fisher’s and Mark Hamill’s faces when [Shatner comes out as host is priceless…](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MDIBchVxSmE) ---
**Author:** ![Broomstick](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/broomstick/32/246_2.png) [@Broomstick](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Broomstick)\ **Post date:** [August 17, 2013, 10:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wow-harrison-ford-is-really-not-keen-on-star-wars/666462/15 "2013-08-17T10:12:03Z")
> [@Jonathan\_Chance](#): > > 1. Man, he’s gotten OLD. Not just aging as he should, but acting and moving old. Yeah, well, that’s sort of normal for being past 70. ---
**Author:** ![Grumman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/43a26b/32.png) [@Grumman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Grumman)\ **Post date:** [August 17, 2013, 11:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wow-harrison-ford-is-really-not-keen-on-star-wars/666462/16 "2013-08-17T11:08:33Z")
> [@aNewLeaf](#): > > When 71 years old you are, look so good, you will not. Unless you’re Sean Connery. Or Christopher Lee. ---
**Author:** ![Smapti](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/smapti/32/17938_2.png) [@Smapti](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smapti)\ **Post date:** [August 17, 2013, 11:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wow-harrison-ford-is-really-not-keen-on-star-wars/666462/17 "2013-08-17T11:13:13Z")
Pretty much every time I’ve sean Harrison Ford on a talk show, he’s definitely had an “I hate doing this and I’m only here because my agent said I had to” vibe to him. ---
**Author:** ![msmith537](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d9b06d/32.png) [@msmith537](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/msmith537)\ **Post date:** [August 17, 2013, 11:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wow-harrison-ford-is-really-not-keen-on-star-wars/666462/18 "2013-08-17T11:39:53Z")
> [@Jonathan\_Chance](#): > > …is he? > > I just saw him on [Conan O’Brien’s show](http://io9.com/conan-obrien-bribes-harrison-ford-for-episode-vii-news-1155345250) and two things struck me. > > 1. He’s really not into the whole Star Wars thing and seems to not want to be associated any more. I guess he’d much rather focus on his work on Cowboys & Aliens and Ender’s Game. > [@Jonathan\_Chance](#): > > …is he? > 2. Man, he’s gotten OLD. Not just aging as he should, but acting and moving old. He IS old! Actually, I thought he was a lot funnier in those interviews than I’ve seen in the past. Even when he was younger, Ford often came across as a bit stiff and uncomfortable but with the same dry sense of humor. I saw one interview a long time ago where the over-eager entertainment reporter asked him if he’d ever been on a set as big as the 747 mockup on Air Force One. Ford was like “you know I was Indiana Jones?” ---
**Author:** ![Tom\_Tildrum](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/e95f7d/32.png) [@Tom\_Tildrum](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tom_Tildrum)\ **Post date:** [August 17, 2013, 1:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wow-harrison-ford-is-really-not-keen-on-star-wars/666462/19 "2013-08-17T13:29:34Z")
> [@Smapti](#): > > Pretty much every time I’ve sean Harrison Ford on a talk show, he’s definitely had an “I hate doing this and I’m only here because my agent said I had to” vibe to him. That’s how he comes across onscreen, too. 😛 ---
**Author:** ![Morelin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b5e925/32.png) [@Morelin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Morelin)\ **Post date:** [August 17, 2013, 2:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wow-harrison-ford-is-really-not-keen-on-star-wars/666462/20 "2013-08-17T14:43:18Z")
> [@Smapti](#): > > Pretty much every time I’ve sean Harrison Ford on a talk show, he’s definitely had an “I hate doing this and I’m only here because my agent said I had to” vibe to him. He pretty much hates the PR aspect of being a movie star. He does the rounds because he has to, and keep to the bare minimum. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wow-harrison-ford-is-really-not-keen-on-star-wars/666462.md?page=2)