"Star Wars: The Last Jedi" sees Luke Skywalker back from isolation and the farewell of Princess Leia. In the case of Mark Hamill, though, who returns in full as Luke Skywalker this weekend in “The Last Jedi,” the true privilege belongs to the filmgoer. It can sound strange, given his 40-year association with the farmboy-turned-Jedi role, but in this eighth main Star Wars movie, Hamill fairly resonates as a revelation. Not that Star Wars creator George Lucas quickly spotted Hamill’s fitness for the role during the mid-1970s auditions. “Hamill is the unappreciated hero of the Original Trilogy; everyone makes fun of him for his dialogue, and Ford gets all the glory, but Hamill is really working.

Source: Washington Post December 16, 2017 12:01 UTC