STAR WARS: Mark Hamill Reflects On The Disappointing End To Luke Skywalker's Story In THE LAST JEDI

STAR WARS: Mark Hamill Reflects On The Disappointing End To Luke Skywalker's Story In THE LAST JEDI

Star Wars: The Last Jedi's Mark Hamill has shared more of his thoughts about how things panned out for Luke Skywalker in the movie and why he wishes he could have shown of the Jedi Master's powers.

By JoshWilding - Jun 26, 2018 03:06 AM EST
Filed Under: Star Wars
Source: IGN
Star Wars: The Last Jedi was a great movie but a lot of fans were unhappy with the decision to end Luke Skywalker's story in such a, well, underwhelming way. Absent from The Force Awakens aside from a few seconds of screentime in the movie's closing moments, Luke was later revealed to be cut off from the Force and quite happy to let The First Order - and his villainous nephew - take over the Galaxy.

It's a decision Mark Hamill has shared his distaste for a number of times in the past and he's now elaborated on that. "There's just such a huge gap between Return of the Jedi and Force Awakens - I had to really contemplate that," he explains. "I said ‘hey, how did I go from being the most optimistic, positive character to this cranky, suicidal man who wants people to get off his island?’"
 
"It was a radical change, but I think sometimes being pushed out of your comfort zone is a good thing," Hamill adds. "Although a part of me said to Rian, ‘but you know, a Jedi would never give up’. My concept of the character was that even if I chose the New Hitler thinking he was the New Hope, yeah I'd feel terrible, but I wouldn't secret myself on an island and then turn off the Force."
 
The actor's remarks echo those of Star Wars fans, many of whom would like to remake The Last Jedi in order to give Luke Skywalker a proper sendoff (sorry, but that's never going to happen). Hamill, meanwhile, is just disappointed that he didn't get to show off the Jedi Master's impressive powers.
 
"J.J. said, ‘Oh and by the way I'll probably put in a couple of floating boulders to show the Force emanating from you, as strong as it is.’ So I'm thinking for VIII, I'm going to have Force Lightning coming out of every orifice of my body. You know, lifting an eyebrow and toppling AT-ATs like dominoes. That would have been fun to be that powerful! Plus, I wouldn't have to do much. They wouldn't have to teach me choreography to do lightsaber duels. I'd just have to do this,” Hamill points across the room, “and let the special effects guy do everything."

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Unites
Unites - 6/26/2018, 4:08 AM
Isn't it about time to just move on?
Lobo89
Lobo89 - 6/26/2018, 4:35 AM
@Unites - if by move on you mean skip the trilogies that Rian Johnson is planning on making then yes it’s time to move on.
TwistedInk82
TwistedInk82 - 6/26/2018, 4:44 AM
@Unites - Thank you.
grif
grif - 6/26/2018, 4:50 AM
@Unites - yeah they should sweep ep9 under the rug and move on to the next one.
jj2112
jj2112 - 6/26/2018, 4:54 AM
@Unites - Yes. It should have ended with ROTJ.
BackwardGalaxy
BackwardGalaxy - 6/26/2018, 5:38 AM
@Unites - and yet, here you are
DaHyro
DaHyro - 6/26/2018, 4:14 AM
As much as I like TLJ, it doesn't make any sense why he cut himself off from the Force and wanted to die on the island. Why would he leave a map to his location in TFA if he wanted to be left alone?
CaptainElrond
CaptainElrond - 6/26/2018, 4:16 AM
@DaHyro - I think it was a map to the temple. Which he kept on artoo in pieces for some reason.
FrankieDedo
FrankieDedo - 6/26/2018, 4:26 AM
@CoolCipher - @CoolCipher - Yes, actually if you think about it, it got explained in Ep VII. People close to Luke knows that he went looking for the first jedi temple.

The map is the path to it, and he left a piece into R2 just as a last resort for Leia & co. It probably happened years before Ep VII, so over the years he maybe even forgot that or just changed his mind.

Also, it could be linked to the reason R2 was shut down, maybe something went wrong on its behalf, but i think he was turned off due to the awakening of the Force. (R2 is a messenger of the Force, etc.)
CaptainElrond
CaptainElrond - 6/26/2018, 4:35 AM
@FrankieDedo - But he said in tlj he wanted nobody to find him.
baszs
baszs - 6/26/2018, 4:20 AM
It was a fitting end.
darthgeekboy
darthgeekboy - 6/26/2018, 8:38 AM
@baszs -

fitting indeed. SW fanboys just can’t get over the fact that all their PREDICTABLE theories and expectations would have made the movie BORING.
KingGrimlock
KingGrimlock - 6/26/2018, 9:58 AM
@darthgeekboy - The irony of your comment in contrast to your username is overwhelming.
darthgeekboy
darthgeekboy - 6/26/2018, 11:41 AM
@KingGrimlock - oh look! dinosaur stuck in the past.
ckal9
ckal9 - 6/26/2018, 4:18 PM
@darthgeekboy - Somehow while suggesting you are smarter than SW fanboys you entirely miss out TLJ was ultimately the most predictable and formulaic SW movie yet.
darthgeekboy
darthgeekboy - 6/26/2018, 4:42 PM
@ckal9

"...TLJ was ultimately the most predictable and formulaic..."

you know, at least try to respond with something that is nonsensical.
KingGrimlock
KingGrimlock - 6/26/2018, 9:52 PM
@darthgeekboy - um... ok? Good one, i suppose.
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