In early 2015, we heard that English actor Robert Boulter had been cast to play a young Luke Skywalker in J.J. Abrams' Star Wars: The Force Awakens. Immediately, speculation started running rampant that we might get some insight into what the Jedi Master was up to after the events of Return of the Jedi but the only version of Luke we got to see was right at the end of the movie.
Now, a behind the scenes photo has surfaced which confirms that Boulter did camera tests for what would have clearly been a flashback to the events on The Empire Strikes Back.
We don't know if anything was shot or if Lucasfilm and Abrams decided it wasn't going to work before they even got that far, but this would have presumably been used in one of two places. Either we were going to see the moment Luke's hand was cut off and then followed the journey of his lightsaber to Maz Kanata or Boulter was set to be a stand-in of sorts for Hamill during Rey's vision.
We may never know for sure, but this photo is certainly... interesting! What do you guys think? As always, let us know your thoughts in the comments section below and be sure to stay tuned for updates on Episode IX as we're bound to start hearing about that fairly soon.
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