>but another one I read is they asked Ben Affleck and he
>turned it down.
>
>thank god, Affleck would have been a horrible choice

I'm not sure what would make him a 'horrible' choice.

Are you under the impression it would be 'The Town' with Jedi?
Do you think he'd somehow revert to Heartthrob Ben with such a tentpole?
Outside of those two truly horrible extremes, 'horrible' is a horrible description IMO.

He's got qualities that would lend themselves very well in any genre. Not that this somehow means he would necessarily be right for such a role, but by no means would he be 'horrible'.