Overview

• During a Broadway performance, Carrie Fisher chastised Hamill for downplaying Star Wars in his playbill and urged him to embrace his role as Luke Skywalker.
• He credits Fisher’s words with helping him recognize the unique place his Star Wars fame occupies in pop culture.
• Hamill said he remains grateful to fans but finds it challenging to connect with newer audiences who focus on the franchise’s future.
• He reiterated that he has no intention of reprising Luke Skywalker and prefers that Lucasfilm direct attention toward fresh characters.
• On June 13, he will star as a hard-drinking grandfather in The Life of Chuck, Mike Flanagan’s film adaptation of Stephen King’s novella.