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> Patrick Stewart and Alec Guinness

No, it's Leonard Nimoy. This is a Trek TOS satire, and he's the alien sidekick who hates his catchphrase "Live Long and Prosper" or, in this case, "By Grabthar's Hammer, you shall be avenged".

Nimoy had a reputation for being quite sick of being Spock. It was even the title of his biography: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/I_Am_Not_Spock

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It's possibly worth pointing out in later life he seemed happier about it -his second autobiography was called "I am Spock" https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/I_Am_Spock

This reminds me of how I learned recently how much Harrison Ford disliked Han Solo as a character. :-/

It actually kinda shows in the new movie. I mean, I was happy to see the old cast back, but Ford didn't really seem to be feeling it a lot of the time.

But on the other hand, that might just be an oldish man not really feeling comfortable playing an immature character (that's part of Han's charm, really).

I'd wager his dislike of the Han Solo character had more to do with working with George Lucas.

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