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May the force be with Mark Hamill.
And it has been, ever since George Lucas’ “Star Wars” franchise first debuted in 1977.
Now, the actor, 73, is reflecting on a particular scene in the film that helped him shape Luke Skywalker, but only after a few tweaks were made.
“There was a line in the screen test — thank God it was cut, and I’ve never forgotten it. I can do it for you right now. We’re in the Millennium Falcon, no Wookie,” Hamill told The Hollywood Reporter after he was asked if there was ever a line that was cut from one of the movies. “It’s just me and Han Solo. He says, when he gets toward the Death Star, ‘OK, that’s enough for me. We’re turning around. I’ve held up my side of the bargain.’”
“Then I say, ‘But we can’t turn back. Fear is their greatest defense. I doubt if the actual security there is any greater than it was on Aquilea or Sullust. And what there is is most likely directed toward a large-scale assault,’” he continued.
Hamill recalled thinking to himself, “Who talks like this?”
He elaborated, “Now, I could break it down for you and diagram it. As a sentence, it makes sense. But to make it sound like it’s an original thought that just occurred to you and deliver it in a spontaneous way is really, really hard.”
When it comes to working with Lucas, 81, Hamill explained that the famed director has a particular style he sticks to.
“Now, like I say, George Lucas is not an actor’s director in the sense that he doesn’t want to hear about backstory or motivation or all that,” confessed the actor. “He cast actors who are so close to what he wants that he’s not going to have to do a lot of that.”
The “Joker” vet added, “Harrison [Ford] is endlessly laid-back and cool the minute he walks in the room. The only decision I made — that turned out to be the right one — is I’m going to do this as sincerely as I can.”
While talking to the outlet, Hamill also chimed in on the unique way Luke Skywalker returned in “The Mandalorian.”
Modern day technology allowed him to play a younger version of the character, who died at the end of “Star Wars: The Last Jedi” in 2017.
“The reason I did ‘Mandalorian’ was that Luke had a beginning and an end,” Hamill said. “There was no middle. It was like making a trilogy about James Bond as a young boy who first became aware of the Secret Service and wanted to be a part of it. Part two was him training to be an agent. Part three is earning his license to kill — The End. No ‘From Russia With Love,’ ‘Dr. No’ or ‘Goldfinger.’”
Giving props to Jon Favreau and Dave Filoni for how they worked on the series, Hamill continued, “Boy, do they get Star Wars. They get it. They’re speaking the same language that George did in a way that I questioned in the sequels.”
In May, rumors swirled that the actor quit the franchise after he told ComicBook.com that he “had his time” with the beloved sci-fi series and that “they should focus on the future.”
“I am so grateful to George 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,” shared Hamill. “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,” he continued. “I’m appreciative of that, but I really think they should focus on the future and all the new characters.”
A month later, the “Wild Robot” alum set the record straight.
“Well, let me say: they haven’t asked me,” Hamill said while on “Sunday TODAY with Willie Geist” at the time. “It’s not like they said, ‘Please come back.’”
“I don’t want to make a big PR pronouncement like ‘This is my decision,’” he added. “I’m just saying that it really felt like a conclusion. My character was given complete closure. I died, ironically by overdosing on the Force, I might point out.”
Despite Skywalker’s death, Hamill previously reprised the part in 2019’s “The Rise of Skywalker” as a Force spirit.
“Once the Skywalker trilogy was over, it was a whole new era for them,” Hamill said.
“George gave them this amazing canvas, the entire galaxy,” he quipped. “They can do Westerns, mysteries, comedies, whodunits, anything within that realm of ‘Star Wars.’”