More From Mark Hamill On Returning As Luke Skywalker In STAR WARS EPISODE VII

Use the force Luke lol I would like hamill to be in an obi wan role either training Ben or the twins.

I'd like him to come back as Luke an have him as more of a Yoda Obi Wan role in the film. Doesn't matter how much he has aged.

Mark my words...Disney will use the original actors IF the story calls for it. The worst thing they could do after having just bought the franchise would be to keep those original characters in the new trilogy and not use the original actors. A lot of the hardcore fans would be very upset about that.

when 61 years old you reach, look as good you will not ehh

If they needed an even older Luke, they easily could use make up to age Mark. But I don't think/hope they will need an older Luke. At the very least not in E7. This would mean a too far jump into the future after E6. Then there would hardly be a story connection to the OT, as the Repiblic and the Jedi Order would pretty much be rebuild by then. But I think that would be the most interstung story. So they rather have a smaller gap between E6 and E7 than the real life's ~30 years. So Mark would rahter be too old for the part. But then I wouldn't like them to recast the role, but rahter deage Mark digitally. Disney has experience in doing this since they did the same with Jeff Bridges in Tron Legacy. The technology has advanced since then, so it would be feasible at least. Maybe the gaps between E7 and E8 as well as E8 and E7 are about 8 to 10 years (the gaps between the prequels were about that, too), so they might not need to deage him digitally for all three films but only the first one. For the second one the might be able to use make up and for the third one Makr might be in the right age anyway.

You who are making comments about his appearance...geez guys, he's 61! You're lost in time thinking that he should look like he did 30 years ago! Give the man a break. Plus, he's had no reason to get fit/ready for any role. He mostly does voice work. With the right story, they'll get him on a plan to look how they need him to for the film. Personally, I think ole Luke has aged pretty well!

for my money, if Luke appears in the new Star Wars film, I would hope that it would be in a "passing the torch" capacity, or perhaps more in the Obi Wan role, training the next generation of Jedis who will take us through the next trilogy. Obviously, the Sith need to have one more good comeback in them, with a final this-really-ends-it epic battle between them and the Jedi in the third film in this trilogy.

And for my money, Hamill is holding up just fine for his age.

He needs to go on a diet and they better have a good make-up crew and wardrobe crew because this man needs some help.

Wasn't he in a car accident that required corrective facial surgery sometime between Empire Strikes Back and Return of the Jedi? Still looking pretty good, didn't realize he was in his early 60s! I thought he was in his 50s based on his looks (never had a reason to calculate his age or look it up).

I was thinking though, with regards to this new trilogy - perhaps it should be set a long time after Jedi? Perhaps, decades after Luke, Leia, Han, etc, have died? Luke could return as a Force Ghost, acting as a spiritual mentor to the new main character(s).

And why is there no love for R2D2 and C3P0!? They're the perfect characters to bring back - they're robots so they don't physically age in the films or in real life (regarding the costumes), and the original actors can be brought back to voice the characters, even if they're a bit too old to do the costume work! They're strong enough characters to tie the films together, but not big enough to outshine the new lead character(s).

Similarly, Chewbacca could return looking almost identical since you can't see the actor under the costume, but if the film was set far enough into the future that Luke and co. were dead, maybe Chewie would be dead too.

@batz11 - maculis's was funny:) that'd be crazy if mark played an older luke that turned to the dark side and his kids had to stop him or something



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i'm kinda hoping for a story line similar to the jedi academy trilogy

The plan was always to have an older Luke ala Obi-wan in this trilogy. I think Hamill looks a lot younger than Alec Guinness did at the same age. I though Alec was in his 70s when he was in ANH. Yet he was in his 60s.

Geez guys is right. Let's see how you look at 61.

I'm sure Mark will shed a few pounds if get gets the part. Have him grow a beard like Obi-Wan. Throw in some gray hair. He will mentor the new Jedi order. It will be freaking awesome.

I would love Mark Hamill back as Luke, make him a complete bad ass. There are so many story-lines for him that would be awesome.

Maybe he's been gone back to dagobah for long periods of time, made himself a personal Jedi sanctuary there like Yoda.

There's a really interesting story to be told after Ep 6, the death of the emperor and vader left a massive power vacuum, and there's no reason to think that the clone storm troopers would just stop doing what they were programmed to do after the destruction of the second death star.

In fact, if you think about it, after the demise of jabba, and the emperor, the galaxy would be in chaos, many systems using the opportunity to make a power grab.

Mark Hamill is too old at this point. Don't get me wrong, I like Mark Hamill, but Ryan Gosling or Jensen Ackles would be better as Luke Skywalker.

CLASS ACT. Always has been.

[frick] recasting.

it isn't star wars without a skywalker (preferably luke), and it isn't luke without hamill.

find a way to write him in mother[frick]ers

Hamill should be brought back. If he isnt, Im goin' Obi Wan Kenobi on some ass.

Mark Ham is so cool. i love how humble he is about the role. Pretty much just accepting that disney will make the appropriate choice, and saying there are tons of great actors out there. my hats off to him. i hope they do a story around 'the fate of the jedi' arc. it would be timeline appropriate and for all the actors. and they could just flash back to important stuff. but i guess they couldnt gap him rebuilding the jedi temple or training Jacen and Jaina. bummer. id like to see the rise of darth caedus though. B-)

Hamill can play an aged version of Luke ala Ben Kenobi. Fischer can play Jabba the Hutt.

Have him come back and the whole trilogy can be him thinking back to his younger years after ROTJ with a younger actor playing Luke.

I think he'd be more interesting in a Lando type of role. Now that Lucas has passed the torch they can focus more on characters like Han, Lando, Boba, and IG-88.

ACira: I remember seeing a magazine article way back around '77 or so when Lucas first brought up the idea of doing three three-film trilogies where Lucas said that the only characters who would appear in all nine films would be C3PO and R2D2.

@comicb00kguy, You're right. Lucas did say that only 3PO and R2D2 would be in all nine movies.