Mark Hamill On Whether He’ll Ever Play Luke Skywalker Again

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Mark Hamill is opening up about whether he’d be open to returning to a galaxy far, far away to revive his most iconic screen role.

While promoting his new movie “The Machine”, Hamill was interviewed for “CBS Sunday Morning” by Tracy Smith, who asked whether he could see himself playing Luke Skywalker again (Hamill most recently reprised his “Star Wars” role in 2017’s “The Last Jedi”, and as a digitally de-aged version in Season 2 of “The Mandalorian). READ MORE: How Visual Effects And A Body Double Helped Make Mark Hamill Look Like Young Luke Skywalker In ‘The Mandalorian’ “I had my time, and that’s good,” Hamill responded. “But that’s enough.” Smith pressed further, asking, “So, even though you say you won’t go back, there’s always a chance that you could go back?” “Well, you never say never,” Hamill admitted. “I just don’t see any reason to.

Let me put it that way: I mean, they have so many stories to tell, they don’t need Luke anymore.” In the meantime, Hamill has made his peace with the fact that regardless of anything else he accomplished in his career, he’ll always be best known as Luke. READ MORE: Mark Hamill Isn’t Interested In Returning As Luke Skywalker For Future ‘Star Wars’ Films: ‘I Don’t Care Anymore’ “At this point, you could basically win a Grammy, cure cancer, and still forever you are going to be Luke Skywalker.

Have you accepted that?” Smith asked. “Yeah. Well, I don’t care,” Hamill said. “I mean, the truth of the matter is, I never really expected to be remembered for anything.