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Mark Hamill initially believed Han Solo was the lead in Star Wars

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Mark Hamill was once under the impression that Han Solo was the main character of Star Wars. Recounting the audition process he undertook for the original 1977 movie, Hamill, who will be returning once again for this year’s Star Wars: The Last Jedi, once believed that Han Solo was the film’s main character and that […]

Trollhunters season 2 adds Mark Hamill, Lena Headey and David Bradley

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The already star-studded voice cast of Netflix’s multi-Emmy-winning Trollhunters is about to get another healthy dose of star power, as Deadline reports that three acting heavyweights have signed on for recurring roles in the show’s second season. Film and TV stars Mark Hamill (Star Wars: The Force Awakens), Lena Headey (Game of Thrones) and David Bradley […]

Release date for the next Star Wars: The Last Jedi trailer seemingly revealed by Mark Hamill

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It looks like the Force will be with Monday Night Football in early October, as Mark Hamill has seemingly revealed that the second trailer for Star Wars: The Last Jedi will debut during the October 9th broadcast. Responding to a fan on Twitter asking when they next trailer will arrive, Hamill responded that: “It’s coming […]

Mark Hamill pitched an “Evil Twin” scenario for Star Wars: The Last Jedi

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Mark Hamill has either debunked a huge rumor surrounding Star Wars: The Last Jedi, or he is the internet’s biggest troll this week. Talking to Empire, Hamill spoke up about a soap-opera scenario he had pitched to Lucasfilm for The Last Jedi: “Oh baby, would I love to play my own evil twin! It’d be great […]

Mark Hamill on Luke Skywalker’s story between Return of the Jedi and The Force Awakens

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Aside from a brief outline of events – he forms a new Jedi Order, is betrayed by Kylo Ren, and heads off to Ahch-To for a self-imposed exile, we know very little of what Luke Skywalker has been up to in the galaxy far, far away between the end of Return of the Jedi and […]

New promo image of Luke Skywalker from Star Wars: The Last Jedi

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Thanks to Hungarian film magazin Cinemánia Mozimánia, we’ve got a brand new and rather nice promotional image of Mark Hamill’s Luke Skywalker from Star Wars: The Last Jedi, and it looks like the beloved character is all business! Check out a textless version of the magazine cover here thanks to Reddit user Max-Max-Maxxx (via Star […]

Why You Should Avoid All Movie Marketing

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Neil Calloway argues that believing the hype only leads to disappointment… I can pinpoint the precise moment the scales fell from my eyes and I stopped believing the hype. It was a morning in 1999, and George Lucas was sitting in a shed not far from where I now live, autographing a pair of boxer […]

Rian Johnson and Mark Hamill think you should avoid all Star Wars: The Last Jedi marketing

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Details on Star Wars: The Last Jedi have flowed a little more steady recently. We’ve had plenty of comments from the cast, as well as sneak peeks at some truly bizarre (and yes – adorable) alien species that will be introduced to the Star Wars universe. This is just the tip of iceberg, apparently, as director […]

Mark Hamill, Daisy Ridley and Rian Johnson discuss Luke Skywalker in Star Wars: The Last Jedi

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Much of Star Wars: The Last Jedi will reportedly focus on the relationship between Luke Skywalker and Rey, although as suggested in the trailer, it doesn’t seem like this is going to be quite the relationship that Rey expected when she travelled to Ahch-To to meet her hero at the end of Star Wars: The […]

Bruce Timm on replacing Tim Curry with Mark Hamill for The Joker in Batman: The Animated Series

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Mark Hamill will forever be known as Luke Skywalker; there is no changing that fact. However, for comic fans, he is also known as the best actor to ever portray The Joker. While Heath Ledger portrayed The Joker in The Dark Knight to chilling success, Mark Hamill has been lending his voice to “Mr. J” […]