Faisal

"The English have a great hunger for desolate places. I fear they hunger for Arabia."

- Faisal to T.E. Lawrence

Faisal I bin Hussein bin Ali al-Hashemi, also known as Price Faisal was a secondary protagonist in the 1962 film Lawrence of Arabia.

Faisal was portrayed by Sir Alec Guinness, who would go on to portray an older Obi-Wan Kenobi in Star Wars: A New Hope.

An ally of the British, Faisal would become one of the key leaders in the Great Arab Revolt against the German allied Turkish Ottoman Empire. During the revolt he worked closely with the British officer T.E. Lawrence. Even though he was an ally of the British, he remained suspicious of the United Kingdom's intentions towards Arabia.

Trivia

 * The real Faisal would go on to rule Iraq and Syria as King Faisal I.