Overview

• In June 2025 interviews Pacino revealed that he declined a lucrative mid-1970s offer to play Han Solo in Star Wars.
• He consulted mentor Charlie Loughton, who likewise couldn't parse George Lucas’ screenplay, leading Pacino to walk away.
• Pacino joked that by passing on the part he was “in the mood to make Harrison Ford a career,” a quip he first shared in his memoir.
• At the time he was performing on Broadway and associated with the New Hollywood “Movie Brats” when he found Lucas’s sci-fi script unintelligible.
• He will next appear in Gus Van Sant’s upcoming thriller Dead Man’s Wire following his recent role in the horror film The Ritual.