Talking to USA Today, Mark Hamill has reminisced about how his children reacted differently to his role in Star Wars, and goes on to share his thoughts on the recent Lucasfilm leadership change saying he “can’t think of better hands” for “Star Wars” than Dave Filoni.
Lucasfilm also has a new leader at the helm: The company’s longtime president, Kathleen Kennedy, resigned in January after a 14-year run. She was succeeded by Dave Filoni, who is Lucasfilm’s president and chief creative officer alongside co president Lynwen Brennan.
Hamill says he “can’t think of better hands” for “Star Wars” than Filoni, adding that the producer, a Lucasfilm veteran who worked directly with George Lucas on the animated series “Star Wars: The Clone Wars,” understands the franchise “so well.”
“George was a mentor to Dave, so he knows George’s sensibility,” adds Hamill, who says he has been impressed by the “great stuff” Filoni has worked on, including “The Mandalorian” and “The Book of Boba Fett.” Hamill helped bring a young Luke Skywalker to life on both shows.
“Star Wars” also recently marked a major milestone: March 22 was the 50th anniversary of the day filming on the original movie began. Disney will celebrate the 50th anniversary of “Star Wars” by putting the first film back in theaters in February 2027.
“It doesn’t feel like 50 years, and it makes you feel old,” Hamill says. He recently went back and looked at an old date book from 1976 filled with notes about the film’s production, and it “was bringing back such memories … time flies when you’re having fun!”
Read the interview in full here.
