The Star Wars Actor Who Turned Down The Big Bang Theory

“The Huge Bang Principle” is one big ode to nerddom, so it is sensible that over time the present featured visitor stars from the largest geeky franchises in films and tv. “Star Trek: The Subsequent Era” star Wil Wheaton even ended up enjoying a villainous version of himself for plenty of episodes, and loads of different actors additionally joined in on the enjoyable. No, significantly, there are a ton of “Star Trek” actors which have visitor starred on “The Huge Bang Principle.” However in season 7, it was time for the celebrities of one other large sci-fi franchise to shine when superfan Sheldon Cooper (Jim Parsons) tried to create his personal Comedian-Con. 

In “The Conference Conundrum,” Sheldon manages to seek out the voice of Darth Vader himself: the late, nice James Earl Jones, enjoying himself, as he dines in a neighborhood sushi restaurant. Not like Sheldon’s interactions with many different celebrities, Jones is definitely excited to spend time with him, they usually find yourself having an journey collectively. They sing karaoke, go to a carnival, and even find yourself pranking the girl who performed Princess Leia — the late, nice Carrie Fisher, additionally enjoying herself — by ringing her doorbell and working away. It is all nice enjoyable, however it seems that the parents behind the present actually needed to try to get one other “Star Wars” actor as properly. Sadly, he wasn’t .

Within the oral historical past e book “The Big Bang Theory: The Definitive, Inside Story of the Epic Hit Series” by Jessica Radloff (by way of TVLine), casting director Nikki Valko revealed that whereas they have been capable of get the voice of Darth Vader and the actor who performed his daughter Leia, they simply weren’t capable of persuade the person who performed scruffy nerfherder Han Solo to signal on. In information that ought to actually be stunning to nobody, Valko stated that Ford was a tough move:

“We’d have cherished Harrison Ford, however that by no means acquired any traction. He simply was not open to it.”

Ford is not the sort of man who suffers fools evenly and he would not do a lot that he would not wish to do, so it is not a shock that he would not be thinking about one thing like “The Huge Bang Principle.” Whereas he is accepted his ties to “Star Wars” and its intense fandom, he’s also a little sick of certain fan questions and appears to chase roles that take him far-off from a galaxy far, far-off at any time when doable. Whereas it is a bummer that Ford did not wish to seem, the 2 actors who did determine to indicate up had an entire lot of enjoyable.

“The Conference Conundrum” offered an opportunity for Fisher and Jones to meet in person for the first time, one thing they surprisingly had not carried out regardless of starring collectively in one of the vital well-known films of all time. (Jones recorded his traces elsewhere and Fisher acted alongside Vader’s physique actor, David Prowse.) One can simply think about their assembly, maybe with just a little “Carrie … I’m your father,” humor, and the 2 titans of science fiction knocked their cameos out of the park. Fisher, who sadly died all of a sudden solely two years after the episode, is pitch-perfect as a barely extra aggressive model of herself, fed up with Jones’s antics. 

The pleasant fictional father-daughter duo weren’t the one “Star Wars” actors to look on the hit sequence. Mark Hamill, who performed Leia’s twin brother Luke Skywalker within the “Star Wars” films, additionally appeared within the season 11 episode “The Bow Tie Symmetry.” Hamill’s only regret was that he didn’t know the series too properly when he did the cameo, however he later watched the entire thing whereas strolling on the treadmill and fell in love with the present’s geeky humor. 

It is a bummer that Ford did not deem a cameo on “The Huge Bang Principle” price his time, however it’s nice that among the different “Star Wars” actors made the trouble and acquired to take pleasure in it within the course of.

“The Huge Bang Principle” is one big ode to nerddom, so it is sensible that over time the present featured visitor stars from the largest geeky franchises in films and tv. “Star Trek: The Subsequent Era” star Wil Wheaton even ended up enjoying a villainous version of himself for plenty of episodes, and loads of different actors additionally joined in on the enjoyable. No, significantly, there are a ton of “Star Trek” actors which have visitor starred on “The Huge Bang Principle.” However in season 7, it was time for the celebrities of one other large sci-fi franchise to shine when superfan Sheldon Cooper (Jim Parsons) tried to create his personal Comedian-Con. 

In “The Conference Conundrum,” Sheldon manages to seek out the voice of Darth Vader himself: the late, nice James Earl Jones, enjoying himself, as he dines in a neighborhood sushi restaurant. Not like Sheldon’s interactions with many different celebrities, Jones is definitely excited to spend time with him, they usually find yourself having an journey collectively. They sing karaoke, go to a carnival, and even find yourself pranking the girl who performed Princess Leia — the late, nice Carrie Fisher, additionally enjoying herself — by ringing her doorbell and working away. It is all nice enjoyable, however it seems that the parents behind the present actually needed to try to get one other “Star Wars” actor as properly. Sadly, he wasn’t .

Within the oral historical past e book “The Big Bang Theory: The Definitive, Inside Story of the Epic Hit Series” by Jessica Radloff (by way of TVLine), casting director Nikki Valko revealed that whereas they have been capable of get the voice of Darth Vader and the actor who performed his daughter Leia, they simply weren’t capable of persuade the person who performed scruffy nerfherder Han Solo to signal on. In information that ought to actually be stunning to nobody, Valko stated that Ford was a tough move:

“We’d have cherished Harrison Ford, however that by no means acquired any traction. He simply was not open to it.”

Ford is not the sort of man who suffers fools evenly and he would not do a lot that he would not wish to do, so it is not a shock that he would not be thinking about one thing like “The Huge Bang Principle.” Whereas he is accepted his ties to “Star Wars” and its intense fandom, he’s also a little sick of certain fan questions and appears to chase roles that take him far-off from a galaxy far, far-off at any time when doable. Whereas it is a bummer that Ford did not wish to seem, the 2 actors who did determine to indicate up had an entire lot of enjoyable.

“The Conference Conundrum” offered an opportunity for Fisher and Jones to meet in person for the first time, one thing they surprisingly had not carried out regardless of starring collectively in one of the vital well-known films of all time. (Jones recorded his traces elsewhere and Fisher acted alongside Vader’s physique actor, David Prowse.) One can simply think about their assembly, maybe with just a little “Carrie … I’m your father,” humor, and the 2 titans of science fiction knocked their cameos out of the park. Fisher, who sadly died all of a sudden solely two years after the episode, is pitch-perfect as a barely extra aggressive model of herself, fed up with Jones’s antics. 

The pleasant fictional father-daughter duo weren’t the one “Star Wars” actors to look on the hit sequence. Mark Hamill, who performed Leia’s twin brother Luke Skywalker within the “Star Wars” films, additionally appeared within the season 11 episode “The Bow Tie Symmetry.” Hamill’s only regret was that he didn’t know the series too properly when he did the cameo, however he later watched the entire thing whereas strolling on the treadmill and fell in love with the present’s geeky humor. 

It is a bummer that Ford did not deem a cameo on “The Huge Bang Principle” price his time, however it’s nice that among the different “Star Wars” actors made the trouble and acquired to take pleasure in it within the course of.