Mark Hamill har inte direkt varit blyg med att yttra sina åsikter om hur hans älskade karaktär Luke Skywalker, där han i omgångar har kritiserat den riktning som Disney valde för ikonen i den nya Star Wars-trilogin. Nu avslöjar Hamill dessutom att han redan i Return of the Jedi ville att Luke skulle gå över till den mörka sidan, men Lucas påminde honom om att filmerna skulle tilltala den unga publiken:
"I remember complaining to George [Lucas] about something in Revenge of the Jedi. And I said, 'It's so predictable and pat,' and he said, 'Mark, don't forget. These things were made for children.' His original intention was to make movies for, you know, kids! Adolescents and younger. And we're bringing our adult sensibilities to it and that's where we go wrong."
"He's the man. He knows what he wants, and I realized he was right. He said, 'All fairy tales get tied up neatly at the end.' Because I thought after Empire we should really go crazy as possible with the last one, but there's a reason why George is where he is and I'm where I am."
Likt många andra kände Hamill av Lukes mörkare tendenser i och med det svarta klädvalet i Return of the Jedi, men han inser varför det blev som det blev:
"Well, I thought I was turning evil. Because I was wearing all black. I thought I would go to the dark side in the last one. And, of course, you have to redeem yourself. But that movie is the way I felt it was going with the preceding episode. But every actor wants to play their own evil twin."
Hur tycker du att Luke Skywalker har skötts i Star Wars-filmerna? Önskar du ha sett en mörkrets Luke?
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