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Originally Posted by blankall
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The whole Alec Guiness hated Star Wars thing has become this bigger then life legend. He was a classically trained serious actor, so when he read the script and signed on he saw it as fairy tale nonsense, But as pointed out above after he saw it in the theatre he came around to it.
The bottom line as well, is if you look at the interviews by people like Fisher and Ford and Mark, they thought that him being in this movie and on the set was essential to the legitimacy of the movie, because frankly the two best known actors were Guiness and Cushing, everyone else was pretty much a unknown.
They also got what is basically actor 101 classes from Guiness who was committed to the process of making the movie, but again until he saw the final product thought it was just a nonsensical movie.
With Solo, he actually loved working with Lucas, and loved the character of Han Solo. His two main issues were the dialogue or as he basically said to Lucas. "You might be able to write this, but we have to read it". And that after the events of ANH and Empire there was really nowhere for Solo to go except to be a hanger on to the main duel, and his death would add weight to the plot.