‘We should be ashamed’: The worst Star Wars things Mark Hamill has said

In 1977, George Lucas disrupted the entire Hollywood industry with the release of his first Star Wars, now considered Episode IV of the saga, which at the time became the biggest blockbuster in film history.

Story to keep his fans waiting until the release of Empire, which was due to hit theaters three years later, the father of a galaxy far, far away then came up with the idea to come up with a small interlude for them, in which the main characters of Star Wars (and their interpreters) will return to the small screen, during a few musical sketches.

Entitled Au temps de la guerre des étoiles (or Star Wars Holiday Special in the original version), this conglomeration of sections, each more confusing than the next – during which we can, for example, see Chewbacca’s family or a song by Carrie Fisher – was, to say the least, lacking The same impact on the audience as its predecessor.

With an average rating of 1,190 out of 5 stars by AlloCiné viewers, it is simply (by far) the worst Star Wars production to date. A film that many years later still inspired Luke Skywalker’s interpreter with regret, as he confided to his fans in 2013 during an organized question-and-answer session. Reddit :

“I think it was a mistake from the start. There was nothing else in the Star Wars universe.”Mark Hamill said.

“(…) I initially said I didn’t want to do it, but George Lucas told me it would help me remember Star Wars, and I was a team player, so I did it. I also said that Luka should not sing, I think that part was cut.

And now I think we should be ashamed . You should put it on the bonus DVD, it shows how wrong we are!”

Always RedditThe actor also explained what rare qualities he recognized in the TV movie:

“(…) At the same time, it helps with the Boba Fett character animation sequence, so it makes sense in that regard. Plus, Art Carney, who’s one of my favorite comedic actors, is in it.”

Remember that after the only disastrous broadcast of the TV movie in 1978, George Lucas, who did not direct the project and who discovered the result on television, immediately tried to destroy all copies.

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