Overview

• The Long Walk opens Sept. 12 with Hamill as the authoritarian Major, a role he nearly declined over concerns about gun violence before concluding the story’s focus was human rather than gratuitous.
• Hamill told GamesRadar+ he is not pursuing Marvel-style projects, saying he prefers the flexibility of voice work and no longer has the same drive for globe‑trotting shoots.
• He credits Mike Flanagan’s The Fall of the House of Usher with pulling him back to on‑camera work and says he unexpectedly has five features this year.
• Hamill says he has not been contacted about returning as the Joker and would only consider it with Kevin Conroy, whose 2022 death led him to retire the character.
• He recalls being passed over for 1984’s Amadeus after Milos Forman said audiences wouldn’t accept “Luke Spacewalker” as Mozart, highlighting how typecasting shaped his path.