Mark Hamill: ‘He’s Not My Luke Skywalker’

“I almost had to think of Luke as another character.”

Star Wars
The hooded, bearded Luke Skywalker (Mark Hamill) seen at the end of 'Star Wars: The Force Awakens' (Lucasfilm)

Actor Mark Hamill said in a recent interview that he “still hasn’t completely accepted” the way he was asked by Director Rian Johnson to portray Luke Skywalker in Star Wars: The Last Jedi.

“It’s not my story anymore,” the 66-year-old actor said. “It’s somebody else’s story, and Rian needed me to be a certain way to make the ending effective.”

“He’s not my Luke Skywalker.”

Watch the interview below.

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