Might the pressure be with you.
Mark Hamill is lastly setting the file straight relating to latest rumors he “quit” the “Star Wars” franchise.
The 73-year-old actor, who portrayed Luke Skywalker in six of the favored sci-fi movies, opened up about his future in a galaxy far, far-off throughout an episode of NBC Information’ “Sunday TODAY with Willie Geist” set to air on June 15.
“Well, let me say: they haven’t asked me,” Hamill advised Geist, clarifying that he didn’t give up the enduring franchise. “It’s not like they said, ‘Please come back.’”
“I don’t want to make a big PR pronouncement like ‘This is my decision,’” he added. “I’m just saying that it really felt like a conclusion. My character was given complete closure. I died, ironically by overdosing on the Force, I might point out.”
Hamill’s character dies on the finish of 2017’s “The Last Jedi.”
However regardless of Skywalker’s dying, Hamill reprised the position as soon as extra in 2019’s “The Rise of Skywalker” as a Drive spirit.
“The Rise of Skywalker” appeared to formally finish the character arc that started when Hamill first portrayed Luke Skywalker in George Lucas’ first movie within the franchise 42 years earlier in 1977.
“Once the Skywalker trilogy was over, it was a whole new era for them,” Hamill defined to Geist. “George gave them this amazing canvas, the entire galaxy. They can do Westerns, mysteries, comedies, whodunits, anything within that realm of ‘Star Wars.’”
“And they’re doing so well,” he continued. “I just think it’s time. I had my time. I’m really appreciative, but I’m really looking to the future for all these new projects.”
The rumors that Hamill give up the “Star Wars” franchise first began swirling final month when the actor additionally advised ComicBook.com that he “had his time” with the sci-fi movie collection and that “they should focus on the future.”
“I am so grateful to George for letting me be a part of that back in the day, the humble days when George called ‘Star Wars’ the most expensive low-budget movie ever made,” he advised the location on Might 31. “We never expected it to become a permanent franchise and a part of pop culture like that.”
“But my deal is, I had my time,” Hamill continued. “I’m appreciative of that, but I really think they should focus on the future and all the new characters.”
Whether or not Hamill returns or not, Disney has a number of extra “Star Wars” tasks deliberate for the long run – together with a standalone movie starring Ryan Gosling titled “Star Wars: Starfighter.”
“This is the perfect place to start this journey for us, because it’s such an incredible reminder of why we’re going to make this movie and who we’re going to make this movie for,” Gosling, 44, mentioned when the film was first introduced in April.
“This is a standalone. It’s not a prequel, not a sequel. It’s a new adventure,” he added. “It’s set in a period of time that we haven’t seen explored yet.”
