Mark Hamill on ennenkin kertonut omia mielipiteitään tunnetuimmasta roolihahmostaan Luke Skywalkerista. Hän ei muun muassa ole ollut tyytyväinen siihen, miten Disney on omalla vahtivuorollaan Star Warsia hoitanut.
Nyt on selvinnyt, että Hamill olisi halunnut Luke Skywalkerin vastaavan pimeän puolen kutsuun myöntävästi elokuvassa Jedin paluu. George Lucas kuitenkin muistutti, että elokuvat vetoavat nuorempaan yleisöön.
"I remember complaining to George [Lucas] about something in Revenge of the Jedi. And I said, 'It's so predictable and pat,' and he said, 'Mark, don't forget. These things were made for children.' His original intention was to make movies for, you know, kids! Adolescents and younger. And we're bringing our adult sensibilities to it and that's where we go wrong."
"He's the man. He knows what he wants, and I realized he was right. He said, 'All fairy tales get tied up neatly at the end.' Because I thought after Empire we should really go crazy as possible with the last one, but there's a reason why George is where he is and I'm where I am."
Elokuvaa tehdessä Hamill oletti, että pimeä puoli kutsuu, mutta lopulta sitten kävi niin kuin kävi.
"Well, I thought I was turning evil. Because I was wearing all black. I thought I would go to the dark side in the last one. And, of course, you have to redeem yourself. But that movie is the way I felt it was going with the preceding episode. But every actor wants to play their own evil twin."
Kiitokset, EW