Mark Hamill

Mark Hamill (born on September 25, 1951) is an actor, best known for his portrayal of Luke Skywalker in the original and sequel Star Wars trilogies.
==Biography==
===Original Trilogy===
Hamill found fame with the hero role of Luke Skywalker in Star Wars in 1977. He was originally cast as David on "Eight Is Enough," and asked to be released from his contract before Star Wars came out because he sensed the movie would be successful. Hamill wanted to focus on his movie career. At last his producers agreed to remove him from the series.
In January 11, 1977, a day before he was set to shoot one of the final scenes needed for the film, Hamill was involved in a car accident that caused minor damage to his face. A double was used for the scene of Luke racing across the desert in his landspeeder while Mark was hospitalized. In an A&E Network Biography special, "Mark Hamill: A Force to Be Reckoned With," the auto accident and its consequences are recounted by Mark's family.
As a result of this scarring, Hamill wore an extensive amount of facial makeup when he reprised his role as Luke for The Star Wars Holiday Special, which was released in 1978. A common myth is that the slight damage to Mark's face was explained in-universe in The Empire Strikes Back by the scene where he is mauled by a Wampa. His son Nathan was born while he was shooting Episode V. Before the film's climactic lightsaber duel between Luke Skywalker and Darth Vader, Lucas told Hamill the truth about Vader being Luke's father.
===Sequel Trilogy===
George Lucas once considered doing a sequel trilogy in which Hamill would reprise the role of an older and wiser Luke Skywalker as an Obi-Wan-like Jedi Master in his sixties training a new era of Jedi Knights, including the protagonist of the sequels set against the backdrop of the rebuilding of the Republic and the dismantlement of the last remnants of the Empire. It would be filmed around 2011. Lucas long dismissed this as an off-hand comment, but then on October 30, 2012, the talk of a possible sequel, to be released in 2015, was back in the news when Lucasfilm was sold to Disney. After production officially started on The Force Awakens, rumors spread that Disney would hire Hamill and the other stars of the original trilogy to reprise their roles. The rumors were eventually confirmed in 2014 with the first major casting announcement, which confirmed that Mark Hamill would play Luke Skywalker once again. Hamill received a star on the Walk of Fame in Hollywood in 2018.
===Star Wars voice cameos===
In 2021, Hamill responded on Twitter to a tweet by the official Wookieepedia account about his voice cameo as EV-9D9 in The Mandalorian episode "Chapter 5: The Gunslinger." Hamill said that he had provided voice cameos for every Star Wars film released since 2015. Although he had tweeted about this previously and shared his pseudonym, "William M. Patrick" for his older and younger brothers,
 his response to Wookieepedia was picked up by media outlets such as People
and IGN.
===References to Star Wars===
Mark Hamill appeared as Luke Skywalker in a few shows, including The Bob Hope All Star Christmas Comedy Special, The Muppet Show, Family Guy, Robot Chicken, and The Late Show With Stephen Colbert.
He quoted Star Wars at least twice in his comic book roles: as Joker, he said "May the floss be with you"; and as Trickster, he said "I am your father," as a role-reversal line from The Empire Strikes Back.
Hamill played the villain "Cocknocker" in the 2001 Kevin Smith film Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back. The film makes multiple references to Star Wars, including a lightsaber-esque battle between Hamill's character and the title characters.Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back
Hamill voiced co-star Harrison Ford (as Han Solo) in 2017 for the spoof video The Force Awakens: A Bad Lip Reading.
==Works==
===Filmography===
Year	Title 	Series 	Contribution(s) 	Notes
1977	Star Wars: Episode IV A New Hope 	 	Luke Skywalker 	
1978	The Star Wars Holiday Special 	 	Luke Skywalker 	
1980	Star Wars: Episode V The Empire Strikes Back 	 	Luke Skywalker 	
1980	SPFX: The Empire Strikes Back 	 	Host, narrator 	
1982	Return of the Ewok 	 	Luke Skywalker, himself 	
1983	Star Wars: Episode VI Return of the Jedi 	 	Luke Skywalker 	
1983	From Star Wars to Jedi: The Making of a Saga 	 	Narrator 	
2000	The New Jedi Order: Vector Prime TV commercial	 	Luke Skywalker 	Uncredited
2005	LEGO Star Wars: Revenge of the Brick 	 	Director 	
2014	"Sacrifice" 	Star Wars: The Clone Wars 	Darth Bane 	
2015	Star Wars: Evolution of the Lightsaber Duel 	 	Host 	
2015	Star Wars: Episode VII The Force Awakens 	 	Luke Skywalker 	
2017	Star Wars: Episode VIII The Last Jedi 	 	Luke Skywalker, Dobbu Scay	
2018	"The Path Ahead" 	Star Wars Forces of Destiny 	Luke Skywalker 	
2018	"Traps and Tribulations" 	Star Wars: Forces of Destiny 	Luke Skywalker 	
2019	"Chapter 5: The Gunslinger" 	The Mandalorian 	EV-9D9 	
2019	Star Wars: Episode IX The Rise of Skywalker 	 	Luke Skywalker, Boolio 	
2020	"Chapter 16: The Rescue" 	The Mandalorian 	Luke Skywalker 	
2022	"Chapter 6: From the Desert Comes a Stranger" 	The Book of Boba Fett 	Luke Skywalker 	
2024	"Part One" 	LEGO Star Wars: Rebuild the Galaxy	Luke Skywalker 	
2024	"Part Two" 	LEGO Star Wars: Rebuild the Galaxy	Luke Skywalker 	
2024	"Part Three" 	LEGO Star Wars: Rebuild the Galaxy	Luke Skywalker 	
2024	"Part Four" 	LEGO Star Wars: Rebuild the Galaxy	Luke Skywalker 	
==Discography==
Year	Title 	Contribution(s)
1981	Star Wars 	Luke Skywalker
1983	The Empire Strikes Back	Luke Skywalker
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Category:Actors who have portrayed Luke Skywalker
Category:Directors
Category:LEGO Star Wars: Rebuild the Galaxy voice actors
Category:Star Wars Forces of Destiny voice actors
Category:Star Wars original trilogy actors
Category:Star Wars sequel trilogy actors
Category:Star Wars: The Clone Wars voice actors
Category:The Book of Boba Fett actors
Category:The Mandalorian actors
Category:The Star Wars Holiday Special actors