 Later in his life, Alec Guinness (qv) always recalled the  experience of making the movie as a bad one and consistently claimed  that it was his idea to have his character killed in the first film,  so he "wouldnt have to carry on saying these rubbish lines".  Guinness also recalled an occasion when he was confronted by a fan  who claimed to have watched the film many times. He said that he  asked the fan to do something for him, and that when the young man  eagerly answered that he would do anything for Obi