Mark Hamill is in a galaxy far, far-off from the Star Wars universe.
In a current interview with ComicBook.com, the veteran actor cautioned that followers shouldn’t anticipate him to return as a world-weary Luke Skywalker in any forthcoming installments and that Lucasfilm/Walt Disney Photos would do nicely to hone in on new faces within the franchise.
“I’m so grateful to George [Lucas] for letting me be part of that again within the days, the common-or-garden days when George known as Star Wars ‘the costliest low-budget film ever made,’” he started. “We by no means anticipated it to turn into a everlasting franchise and part of popular culture like that. However my view is, I had my time. I’m appreciative of that, however I actually suppose they need to give attention to the long run and all the brand new characters.”
Hamill final notably appeared as Rey’s (Daisy Ridley) cynical mentor in 2017’s Star Wars: The Final Jedi, serving to her hone her Power powers earlier than changing into one with the metaphysical realm itself as a sensible forbearer.
“And by the way in which,” Hamill joked, “once I disappeared in [The Last Jedi], I left my robes behind. And there’s no means I’m gonna seem as a unadorned Power ghost. I’m simply letting that proper now.”
The Lifetime of Chuck actor did, nevertheless, reprise his function because the non secular chief (in absolutely clothed blue-tinged ghost kind) in 2019’s Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker, as soon as once more guiding Rey as she took on Emperor Palpatine (Ian McDiarmid). His final appearances, in Disney+ collection The Mandalorian and The Guide of Boba Fett, have been as a VFX de-aged Luke.
Arising subsequent within the franchise are the next: Star Wars: Starfighter from director Shawn Levy and starring Ryan Gosling, set 5 years after the conclusion of the sequel trilogy; 2026’s The Mandalorian & Grogu with Pedro Pascal, Sigourney Weaver and Jeremy Allen White and Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy’s continuation of Rey’s story.
