Mark Hamill talks to Esquire about his career so far from Star Wars to The Machine, a new action-comedy where Hamill plays Bert Kreischer’s uptight father, and reprising the role of Luke Skywalker in a post-Return of the Jedi series.
Hamill shares his thoughts on a post-Return of the Jedi series starring Luke Skywalker for Disney+….
“People say, ‘Oh, now you’re going to be able to do a whole series of Luke post-Return of the Jedi.’ I said, ‘I don’t think so.’ First of all, they don’t need to tell those stories, but if they do, they could get an age-appropriate actor.” Hamill maintains that Luke Skywalker has three things: a beginning, middle, and an end.
And on reprising the role for the new film set 15 years after the events of The Rise of Skywalker, he had this to say….
As far as we know, recasting Luke Skywalker with a younger actor—sorry to any and all Sebastian Stan stans—isn’t part of the plan. What about just another appearance, though, not de-aged? In early April, Disney announced three new Star Wars big-screen projects, one of which will pick up 15 years after The Rise of Skywalker, following Rey (Daisy Ridley) as she attempts to rebuild the Jedi Order. Could Hamill return as Force ghost Luke? He dutifully gives a corporate, yet very-much-not-a-no answer. “One thing you learn working for Lucasfilm: everything is confidential. Everything is confidential. So, if I were involved, I wouldn’t be able to tell you. And if I were not involved, I wouldn’t be able to tell you. So, I don’t know. We’ll all find out together, I guess.”
Read the interview in full here.
Image: Christian Högstedt for Esquire
