Mark Hamill Thinks New ‘Star Wars’ Films Are Forgetting The Past

During an interview with Den of Geek, Mark Hamill once again expressed his disappointment with certain aspects of the new Star Wars trilogy.

Star Wars: The Last Jedi was acclaimed by critics and many movigoers, but a vocal group of detractors continues to express their anger towards the sequel trilogy and often cite Mark Hamill’s previously expressed issues with certain creative decisions to prove their grievances are valid. While Mark Hamill made it clear that he does not want fans to use his words against the filmmakers behind the new Star Wars films, the actor did express his disappointment over the decision to keep the original trio of heroes separate and never reunite all three of them on screen:

“I just thought, Luke’s never going to see his best friend again. You look at it in a self-centred way. I said that it was a big mistake that those three people would never reunite in any way. I guess I was wrong, because nobody seems to care! I have to stipulate that I care, but it didn’t really seem to affect the larger audience. Luke, Han and Leia will never be together again, and I’ll probably never get to work with Harrison again.”

Hamill elaborated on how he believes the new Star Wars films are forgetting about the past, recounting a moment that he added to the scene in which Luke Skywalker briefly reunite with C-3PO:

“They had me walking by 3PO, not even acknowledging him. I said: ‘I can’t do that!’ He (The Last Jedi’s director, Rian Johnson) said, ‘Okay, go over and do whatever.’ So I went over, and I did whatever. They say it in the script: ‘Forget the past, kill it if you have to’, and they’re doing a pretty good job!”

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Directed by J. J. Abrams, Star Wars: Episode IX stars Daisy Ridley, Adam Driver, John Boyega, Oscar Isaac, Lupita Nyong’o, Domhnall Gleeson, Kelly Marie Tran, Joonas Suotamo, Billie Lourd, Naomi Ackie, Richard E. Grant, Keri Russell, Mark Hamill, Anthony Daniels, and Billy Dee Williams. Carrie Fisher will appear as General Leia Organa through the use of previously unreleased footage shot for Star Wars: The Force Awakens. 

Star Wars: Episode IX will be released in theaters on December 19, 2019.

Source: Den of Geek