Stories of Mark Hamill quitting Star Wars are, it seems, enormously exaggerated. In a brand new interview, the Luke Skywalker actor clarified that he feels his time with the franchise is finished however hasn’t stop. (Star Wars: The Final Jedi spoilers forward!)
“I don’t wish to make a giant pronouncement like, ‘That is my choice,’” Hamill advised Sunday TODAY’s Willie Geist in a brand new interview. “I’m simply saying that it actually felt like a conclusion. My character was given full closure. I died, sarcastically by overdosing on the Drive, I’d level out.”
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Hamill performed Luke Skywalker within the franchise’s unique big-screen trilogy: 1977’s Star Wars, 1980’s The Empire Strikes Again and 1983’s Return of the Jedi (1983). Alongside Harrison Ford and the late Carrie Fisher, Hamill returned for the sequel trilogy to shut out the Skywalker Saga. Resistance fighter Rey (Daisy Ridley) locates Luke on the finish of 2015’s The Drive Awakens, and the Jedi Grasp sacrifices himself to push back the First Order in 2017’s The Final Jedi. Hamill does have a cameo within the 2019’s The Rise of Skywalker, nevertheless, as Luke seems as to Rey as a Drive spirit guiding her to her future.
“I had my time,” Hamill advised Geist. “I’m actually appreciative, however I’m actually seeking to the longer term for all these new tasks.”
Moreover, Hamill stated, he hasn’t been requested to return again for extra motion pictures — not that he essentially blames the Star Wars decision-makers. “I imply, come on,” he stated. “How a lot are you able to do with a Drive ghost?”
Hamill did rave about this “entire new period” for Star Wars in movie and TV, as new creators develop the story George Lucas created a half century in the past. “George gave them this wonderful canvas, your entire galaxy,” Hamill stated. “They will do Westerns, mysteries, comedies, whodunits, something inside that realm of Star Wars. They usually’re doing so effectively. I like Rogue One, Mandalorian, E book of Boba Fett.”
And Hamill did reprise his Star Wars half for these final two reveals, enjoying a youthful Luke via de-aging expertise.
And maybe this onscreen Jedi isn’t achieved with the franchise simply but. “I’d wish to see a film set all within the Drive ghost realm,” Hamill stated. “You realize, I may have a dialog with [late Obi-Wan Kenobi portrayer] Alec Guinness.”