The Star Wars franchise officially turns 40-years-old today, and as such it's time for us to reminisce on the iconography of the series and how far it has come. Looking back, the original trilogy is so close to perfect that it's almost hard to imagine it going any other way. However, A New Hope was almost a very different movie from the one that ultimately hit theaters in 1977, and much of that has to do with the fact that Kurt Russell almost landed the role of Han Solo. The action hero had a pretty good shot at the part, but he opted to do a TV western instead of George Lucas' space western. The Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 actor recently opened up about the audition process for the sci-fi classic, saying: