With little over a month before the release of the upcoming Star Wars Episode VIII: The Last Jedi, Mark Hamill has chimed in as to what lead him to return to his iconic role of Luke Skywalker. At first, Mark Hamill didn’t want to return to Star Wars, and he knew that he had a defense against saying no to 2015’s Star Wars: The Force Awakens. Hamill felt that Harrison Ford would never agree to playing Han Solo again. And then he did. Hamill stated,
“I was just really scared,I thought, why mess with it? The idea of catching lightning in a bottle twice was ridiculously remote.”
“He’s too old and too rich and too cranky… He’s not going to do this” is how Hamill recalls his attitude to the Times. But when Ford agreed to return, Hamill had no bluff left to call, and realized that he had to come back as well. Or, as he puts it, “Can you imagine if I was the only one to say no? I’d be the most hated man in nerd-dom.”
While avoiding most of the film, Hamill stated he was worried about the finales reveal,
“If it smacks the audience as a cheat or a gimmick, if there’s a big groan in the house, the egg’s on my face, not J.J.’s,When they talk about you that much in a movie before you even show up, that’s fabulous.”
Everything worked out for Hamill and fans of the franchise!
