Here's how old Harrison Ford was in every Star Wars movie. It's impossible to imagine Star Wars without Harrison Ford, but surprisingly he wasn't George Lucas' first choice. In fact, Lucas originally hired Ford for an unlikely role - to read lines to auditioning actors. Lucas quickly realized Ford was the right call, though, and Ford won the part of Han Solo.
Star Wars wasn't always plain sailing for Ford, of course, who clashed with Lucas on many occasions. There was actually intense debate over whether Han Solo should be killed off, but the scoundrel survived into the sequel trilogy. Ford has been known for iconic characters like Han Solo and Indiana Jones all his life, and here's how old he was for each movie.
Filming for The Empire Strikes Back began on March 5, 1979, when Ford was aged 36. He was 37 when it released on May 21, 1980. Filming for Return of the Jedi began when Ford was 39, on January 11, 1982, and the third chapter of the original trilogy released on May 25, 1983 when he was 40.How Old Harrison Ford Was In Star Wars: The Force Awakens Disney acquired Lucasfilm in 2012, and swiftly began work on the Star Wars sequel trilogy.
Han Solo was killed in Star Wars: The Force Awakens, but Ford returned when Han appeared in Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker - in a brief vision sequence. There have been no reports of when that was shot, but the final installment of the sequel trilogy released on December 20, 2019. Harrison Ford was 77 when his Star Wars career finally came to an end.
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