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

god he looks terrible, not aged well at all

mark hamill is good in the master jedi obi-won kenobi role ,more over mark is an icon for the joker voice on tv he can do this star wars project.''

alec guinness was 60 odd when he did star wars,mark hamill is 60 odd now.

perfect for an obi wan kenobi role,make it happen.

who's he playing? the emperor?

@ Jollem - HAHAHAHA!! Bazinga!!!

@jollem, i think you've got a fan :)

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.

@HalloweenJack

Chewy's son is Mexican? lmao!! :)

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-)