Mark Hamill Is Done With ‘Star Wars’
Star Wars icon Mark Hamill is hanging up his lightsaber for good. He portrayed Luke Skywalker in five live-action films and made cameos in The Mandalorian, and now indicates his character’s story is done.
At 73-years-old, he is grateful for his involvement in the franchise, but thinks Lucasfilm “should focus on the future and all the new characters.” Despite plans for a Rise of Skywalker sequel centered on Daisy Ridley’s Rey, who was Skywalker’s student, Hamill joked he won’t appear as a “naked Force ghost,” noting he left his robes behind in The Last Jedi.
Lucasfilm president Kathleen Kennedy has teased that this forthcoming film, set 15 years after the Skywalker saga’s end, will explore the Jedi Order’s disarray.