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TIL 9 days after Star Wars opened in 1977, Alec Guinness (Obi-Wan Kenobi) wrote in his diary “Am pinning my hopes on Star Wars percentage which could bring me £100K or more if it does Jaws busines...

TIL Alec Guinness negotiated an upfront salary of $300,000 and 2.25% of the backend grosses to appear as Obi-Wan Kenobi in Star Wars (1977). Overall, the deal earned him an estimated $95 million, ...