Reply #20: This story is secondhand from my brother: he was on a flight with James Earl Jones

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from L.A. to Chicago some years ago.

He was sitting across the aisle and up one seat (first class, of course) from him. My brother's third oldest boy was a huge Star Wars fan, so my brother sat thinking of how to ask for an autograph.

He finally turned and told Mr. Jones that he had a son who was this big fan, would he mind signing
a cocktail napkin for him. Mr. Jones gave him one of those looks (to kill)and asked, "what's his name and
what would you like me to say, 'May the force be with you'?"

My brother says, "No,sir, just sign, 'I wasn't here; it didn't happen'." Mr. Jones let out one of his
big, booming laughs and happily signed the cocktail napkin.

For anyone else who is a fan, that line is a slight variation from one spoken by his character in "The Hunt for Red October".