Luke Skywalker had a wife and a child who both killed themselves. Well, it’s not really, but that’s What Mark Hamill internalized To enter the headspace of the character for Star Wars Episode VIII: The Last Jedi. The actor had previously shared this information, But passed some timeSo we calculated that it is worth discussing again with some distance.
Speaking of further Bullseye with Jesse ThornHamill explained the chief he created to try to understand why Luke Skywalker would have left the Jedi in the aftermath. You can watch the clip here and we will quote it below.
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“I thought what could make someone give up devotion to what is essentially a religious entity, to give up to be Jedi. Well, a woman’s love,” Hamill said. “So he falls in love with a woman. He gives up being Ediedajo. They have a child together. At some point the child, as a child, picks up an unexpected light ray, presses the button and is killed at once. The wife is so full of sorrow, she kills herself.”
He continues to explain how this sad story has resonated with him because of its parallels to modern society and unexpected guns and that he did not really buy the explanation that writer-director Rian Johnson gave in the film. Over the years, Hamill was quite vocal That he did not agree with Johnson’s plans for Luke, whom he repeats here. But that always bothered us a little. That’s because, if you remember back, it was JJ Abrams, not Rian Johnson, who put Luke on that island. Abrams made a whole movie about Luke on the island, explained nothing, and then only left it to the next guy. That next guy, Johnson, then created a pretty scary and interesting way to explain it all: Luke almost killed his own nephew, who then betrayed him and murdered many, many Children as a result.
Why his own version worked better for the actor over the one in the movie is unclear. Maybe it’s just that Hamill needed a more direct, emotional connection. Whatever the case is, all that matters, he found something to get him to the place where he believed. What he did. Hamill is fantastic in the movie, which we feel unexpected but suitable sending for Luke Skywalker. We are sure that every other person on the Internet agrees.
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