CT Who had the best acting performance in the OT?

Saw in this in the Prequel Trilogy area and wanted to bring it over here to the Original Trilogy. Who do you think had the best acting performance in the OT? I think I know who will be at the top but am looking forward to the feedback

 

I'm so indecisive I can't vote on the poll . I'd say Alec Guinness, James Earl Jones, and Ian McDiarmid were the best IMO, although I've really come to appreciate Mark Hamill's portrayal of Luke's growth over the films as well. I'm not sure he gets as much praise as he should.

 

I'm right there with ya. They always remember Luke as the whiny "I want to go with my friends to pick up some power converters at the Tosche station!" kid and not the young man that he became in RotJ. I too really liked Mark Hamill, never really had a problem with him

 

Harrison Ford, without a doubt. Plays the laconic, cool character really well and doesn't miss a beat, and he handles the changes in the character well (I thought he was great in TFA, as well). Not at all surprised he went on to have the career he did.
Alec Guiness was very good, with the assured english delivery fitting well with his wise character and serious but easy-going manner.
Mark Hamill I think was best in the first film, although he drops a couple of line. I thought he was least convincing when playing a more mature character, although he still did well. The deeper voice seemed quite unnatural.
Carrie Fisher (not Fischer, OP) was also best in the first film, as a strong, self contained, shouty type, with her strong voice, and that is despite the weird british accent that pops up early on. Again later on the love dialogue was just not as convincing.
Anthony Daniels played C-3PO to perfection, but the antics do become a bit annoying (although that's a writing thing)
I don't think any of the others had a big enough visual role to really impress me, and of course Darth Vader is two people.

 

I can't go past Harrison Ford. Love him.

 

Definitely Harrison Ford. He played the arc from a selfish smuggler to a selfless Republic Commander really well. His famous line "I know" was incredibly delivered.

 

I thought Harrison Ford did a better job than Mark Hamill or Carrie Fisher. The rest didn't have a big enough part to be considered really.

 

I voted for Mark Hamill. He brings something different to Luke in every film.

 

Harrison Ford for the first 2. Probably Ian McDiarmid for Jedi.

 

Either Harrison Ford or Ian McDiarmid. Both fantastic actors.

 

Harrison Ford or James Earl Jones for me.

 

David Prowse was another great performance.

 

Jakes Earl Jones. From the deel voice to the tone to the dialogue, an iconic performance.

 

Ford. But I thought everyone else was great too.

 

ANH = Alec Guiness
ESB = Frank Oz
ROTJ = Mark Hamill

Overall is James Earl Jones

 

They're all good but Harrison Ford steals every scene he's in.

 

Big James or Ian.

I went for Ian, cause he's just so so good in RotJ, So Menacing even though he's small in stature, the way he delivers his lines is awesome!

 

First, two spelling corrections:

Carrie Fisher
Ian McDiarmid

Second, my vote:

Mark Hamill

 

Frank Oz gets my vote.

 

Ford overall for sure

but i have a great respect for Mark Hamill, particularly for having the chops to make the scenes with Yoda in ESB work so well (though Frank Oz is probably just as deserving of the credit for that). He'll always have the "I am you father" scene as well, not a bad piece of cinematic legacy.

 

Alec Guinness - genuine class (that's an anagram, BTW). It's the one of the earliest elements of the SW Saga which elevates it beyond mere sci-fi nonsense - restrained, yet powerful. Watch Lawrence of Arabia and compare Alec Guinness' performance to Omar Shariff's. They're rather different personalities, but not so different that the difference between their acting talent isn't screamingly apparent - being similar characters. Alec Guinness was a great actor, Omar Shariff was just a performer, much like Charlton Heston. A lesser actor would have had Obi-Wan confront Vader on the Death Star with a bit of silly bravado, a bunch of taunts and yells - Alec Guinness simply approached it as the old Jedi Knight really would have done so.

Mark Hamill gets a very close second place well above the rest, not just for his often under-rated portrayal of the hero of the overall story, but for the very difficult and unique solo work he performed with a puppet on ESB, creating cinema magic.
The credit for Yoda might as well have read "Frank Oz and Mark Hamill" - brilliant though Frank Oz's work was, the character wouldn't have worked without Hamill's utterly convincing interaction with it. The magnificent romantic tension between Harrison Ford and Carrie Fisher in ESB can proudly stand alongside many such other pairing of the Golden Era of Hollywood - but they had the benefit of each other to react to.
All Mark Hamill had was the only human name on the callsheet for weeks, in a stinky studio set, with a weird variation upon Miss Piggy to react to. And they pulled it off. Genius.

 

Even more than that: Frak Oz only had a few days to work in Empire, so they shot all his material quickly.. (12 days, if I remember correctly).... and then Mark Hamill kept on shooting all the Dagobah scenes without Oz or any other actor to help him!

 

There is only one answer: Ackbar.