All the Beatles stars were huge pop culture fans, but in particular, George Harrison loved Star Wars. The Fab Four star was highly religious and practiced the spiritual Hare Krishna movement after visiting India for the first time with the band in 1968. The Quiet Beatle saw reflections of his beliefs in the Star Wars narrative.
Harrison believed that the great cosmic force known as Power was a metaphor for spirituality and God.
On top of his beliefs, Star Wars was (and still is) a cultural phenomenon, especially during its movie releases during the 1980s.
The Star Wars actors were just as obsessed with the Beatles. In particular, Mark Hamill – the star behind Luke Skywalker – was a huge fan of the British rock band.
Hummel recently confirmed that a confrontation with Harrison almost left him in tears after meeting one of his heroes.
He said, “I was sitting in the plane and George Harrison was on the other side of me, so I sent a little note.” (sic)
Hamill noted that he was not in the habit of asking for autographs from celebrities. Instead, ask them questions like, “How did you do this?”
“I sent the note,” he recalls. “He just said, ‘Dear Mr. Harrison, thank you very much for providing the soundtrack for a lifetime’ and so on.”
Before long, a stewardess came to Hamill and said to him, “George Harrison would like to meet you.”
Hamill immediately became nervous about meeting one of the Beatles and nearly cried at the thought of meeting one of the greatest musical icons in history.
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Harrison’s son, Danny Harrison, has compared the music icon – who died in 2001 – to the wise and knowledgeable character Obi-Wan Kenobi.
The singer also once said that one of his songs is “a lot like Star Wars.”
He was talking about That You Lost, which was based on a passage from the 700-verse Hindu scripture Bhagavad Gita.
He said, “The Gita is about the struggle against dark forces – limit, falsehood and morality. It looks like Star Wars, but life is a battlefield.”
Harrison died on November 29, 2001, after suffering from lung cancer. He was surrounded by his wife, Olivia, Danny, and some friends.
His last message was of a spiritual nature. He said, “Everything else can wait, but the search for God cannot wait, and we love one another.”
His ashes were scattered according to Hindu tradition in the Ganges.
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