In an interview with ComicBook.com to promote his new movie The Life of Chuck, Mark Hamill has shared why he does not to portray Luke Skywalker in the upcoming New Jedi Order movie starring Daisy Ridley as Rey.
“I am so grateful to George [Lucas] for letting me be a part of that back in the day, the humble days when George called Star Wars ‘the most expensive low-budget movie ever made,’” Hamill said. “We never expected it to become a permanent franchise and a part of pop culture like that. But my deal is, I had my time. I’m appreciative of that, but I really think they should focus on the future and all the new characters.”
Hamill then made a joke about another reason why he wouldn’t return to Star Wars. “And by the way, when I disappeared in [The Last Jedi], I left my robes behind. And there’s no way I’m gonna appear as a naked Force ghost.”
The Life of Chuck opens in select cinemas on June 6th and nationwide on June 13th.
