Mark Hamill has revealed the reasons why he didn’t voice Luke in the LEGO Star Wars Holiday Special.
The LEGO Star Wars Holiday Special features the voice talents of Anthony Daniels as C-3PO, Billy Dee Williams’ Lando Calrissian and Kelly Marie Tran back as Rose Tico in LEGO form, but aside from that, the animated feature largely stars actors who do not play their characters in live action. Eric Bauza did the voice for Luke Skywalker in the Disney+ special, as he has done for three other LEGO Star Wars titles. Here is Hamill’s reaction:
I did not play the voice of Luke in the Lego Star Wars Holiday Special because:
A) I didn’t want to risk tarnishing the legendary status of the original.
AND:
B) They didn’t ask me to.#TrueStory https://t.co/rlQgwJODem
— Mark Hamill (@HamillHimself) December 1, 2020
Now A, he jokes obviously because the original Star Wars Holiday Special has a hugely negative status in the franchise’s canon, and B, apparently he couldn’t have turned it down if he wanted to. According to Mark Hamill’s tweet, he was not even offered a role in the film. Realistically, this could be due to the budget of the Star Wars Holiday Special, which was made exclusively for Disney’s streaming service.
He really should have been asked! Read our review of the LEGO Star Wars Holiday Special available to watch now exclusively on Disney+.
