Acting : Why is the "Star Wars" track record filled with underachievers and stalled acting careers? Big box office ironies . . . by LindaAnn Loschiavo

Call it a double-edged lightsaber. Every actor in Hollywood chases Star Wars, hoping the gig will provide instant A-list entree. But the Star Wars track record is filled with underachievers and stalled careers. Six movies in, the franchise has spawned just one megastar: Harrison Ford. "The problem is, when you are in such a massive franchise — and there's no bigger franchise than Star Wars — a lot of moviegoers look at an actor and only can see the character they played in it," says Phil Contrino, analyst at Boxoffice.com. http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/why-more-star-wars-actors-783949