“Sometimes I dream about this line”: The sentence that Luke Skywalker refused in the first Star Wars

There’s no doubt about it: Luke Skywalker is one of the most famous heroes in the history of science fiction – and, of course, quite easily in the history of Star Wars. The character forever marked Mark Hamill’s life and career.

The actor, now 72, first signed on to play him in 1977’s A New Hope (and its sequels), before returning to the character more than 30 years later for the latest trilogy – or “Skywalker saga” – which began with The Force. Awakens in 2015. He will also appear in The Mandalorian in 2019.

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But in the late 70s, when Star Wars was in its infancy, Luke Skywalker and his young interpreter had yet to make their way into film and pop culture history. and still Mark Hamill dared to refuse George Lucas and begged him to remove a line that was part of the original script.

This is in an on-set interview from 1977 the show tonight Johnny Carsonthat the young man revealed this anecdote.

“Dialogues were difficult. I remember there was a line that I was just begging him to take out of the script and he finally did. Oh my God, as long as I live, I will never forget. Sometimes I dream along these lines.“

The line in question featured Luke Skywalker talking to Han Solo (played by Harrison Ford) after Imperial forces destroyed the planet Alderaan using the Death Star.

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He continued and uttered a particularly difficult dialogue: “Harrison says, “Here, son, I’ve done my part of the deal. When I get to the asteroid, you, the old man, and the droids will come down. And my answer was, “But we can’t go back, fear is their greatest defense, I doubt the actual security there is any greater than it was on Aquila or Sulus, and that there is likely to be a large scale.” attack.’“

Mark Hamill He read and re-read this dialogue, but was tired of its incoherence and harshness. The idea was for his character to speak the sentence quickly and, given the complexity of its construction, he cracked: “I thought, “Who talks like that, George?” It’s not really fair, because you know we’re the ones who get the vegetables thrown at us. Not you !“

Watch Mark Hamill talk about it below:

Finally, the director listened to the young star of his film and cut the line: together they created one of the most famous and beloved films of all time – and Saga. What would be interesting to know if today, Mark Hamill He still remembers the sentence that gave him nightmares!

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