This Vintage Photo of Shirtless Harrison Ford Proves He Was a Fox Long Before Star Wars

Musician Sergio Mendes shared a black and white photo of the Star Wars star in at 28-years-old

By Jenna Mullins Dec 29, 2015 6:18 PMTags
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Mindy Kaling said it best when she tweeted this after seeing Star Wars: The Force Awakens:

It's a fact. At 73 years old, Harrison Ford is a bona fide fox. More like bone afide, right?! Sorry about that terrible joke. But it's true, OK? Harrison Ford is still sexy after all these years. That's just science.

And Harrison Ford in the original Star Wars and Indiana Jones trilogies? Forget about it! Look at him back then:

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Yum. So what did we learn today, kids? Harrison Ford at 73 is sexy. Harrison Ford in his 30s is sexy. Are you ready to see Harrison Ford in his 20s and shirtless?! Of course you are:

"The Force Awakens"! Before Han Solo, there was a great carpenter named Harrison Ford. And here he is, with his crew, ...

Posted by Sergio Mendes on Wednesday, December 23, 2015

Musician Sergio Mendes shared this gem of a photo on his Facebook page last week. Ford is 28 years old in the pic, and he was three years away from his first movie American Graffiti and a full seven years before wielding a blaster in the original Star Wars

"Before Han Solo, there was a great carpenter named Harrison Ford," Mendes captioned under the photo. "And here he is, with his crew, the day he finished building my recording studio back in 1970...Thank you Harrison...may the force be with you..."

Shall we get a closer look at this scruffy-looking Nerf herder in all his shirtless glory? We shall!

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