

What Rian came up with, I was stunned.Īll early reports describe the new Luke Skywalker as "broken," as someone who's running despite his friends and family being in danger. But I had to make sense of it for myself. It's not about Luke anymore, so it's not really important. You read where he is now and what he's doing now and sort of have to fill in the blanks for yourself. In this new one, I was saying to Rian Johnson: I need to know my backstory. I was sorry I wasn't able to work with any of the original actors again. It was inevitable that they would push me down the line. Now, obviously, with "Force Awakens," J.J. So I was wondering how they're going to handle all this. Between "Return of the Jedi" and "Force Awakens," there's just decades of history that's unknown. What you're talking about is what really fascinated me. Luke changed, I think, more than the other characters in the original trilogy, from callow farm boy to a Jedi in training to finally a Jedi master. What would make someone that alienated from his original convictions? That's not something that you can just make up in an afternoon, and I really struggled with this thing."Īs Hamill told the Associated Press in a new interview today: It's time for the Jedi to end…' I mean, that's a pretty amazing statement for someone who was the symbol of hope and optimism in the original films," Mark Hamill told Entertainment Weekly earlier this month. "The fact that Luke says, 'I only know one truth. His voice returned in the trailer for the upcoming Last Jedi, and he sounded depressed as hell. These New \'Star Wars VIII\' Details Are Concerning.

