The Last Jedi Mark Hamill as Luke Skywalker (VIII)

[titansupes]

I explained it in my posts. I never said it should have been a big lightsaber fight-- I said DON'T put the 'saber in there if you have no intention of using it.

 

[Sithborg]

One thing I hope happens in the next one.

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I hope Luke was literal when he said "See you around kid". I want grumpy old Luke to haunt Kylo Ren. Sure, have him give some spiritual guidance to Rey, but have him interact with Kylo more. I think that would be wonderful

 

[Adhesive Boy]

One thing I hope happens in the next one.

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I hope Luke was literal when he said "See you around kid". I want grumpy old Luke to haunt Kylo Ren. Sure, have him give some spiritual guidance to Rey, but have him interact with Kylo more. I think that would be wonderful

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Definitely interact with Kylo more than Rey. Kylo is the one with a lot of bonds to Luke and Rey he just met for a couple of days.

 

[SomeOldGuy]

One thing I hope happens in the next one.

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I hope Luke was literal when he said "See you around kid". I want grumpy old Luke to haunt Kylo Ren. Sure, have him give some spiritual guidance to Rey, but have him interact with Kylo more. I think that would be wonderful

I think you can count on it.

 

[sueb1863]

I think you can count on it.

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Remember that scene in "Ghost" where the dead Patrick Swayze torments Whoopi Goldberg by hanging out in her bedroom when she's trying to sleep and just singing "I'm Henery the Eighth I Am" over and over and over?

I'm anticipating something like that .

 

[SomeOldGuy]

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Remember that scene in "Ghost" where the dead Patrick Swayze torments Whoopi Goldberg by hanging out in her bedroom when she's trying to sleep and just singing "I'm Henery the Eighth I Am" over and over and over?

I'm anticipating something like that .

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I would go for a subtle horror movie vibe. Like, Kylo is walking down a corridor with his knights all confident and poised, and they walk past an intersection and you just see Luke for a second, enough to throw Kylo off his stride and mess with his mind. Just this constant, subtle haunting that makes a mockery of the whole “kill the past” thing. Bit Luke singing works too!

 

[Aximili86]

One thing I hope happens in the next one.

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I hope Luke was literal when he said "See you around kid". I want grumpy old Luke to haunt Kylo Ren. Sure, have him give some spiritual guidance to Rey, but have him interact with Kylo more. I think that would be wonderful

Luke's almost definitely gonna be back in some form, yeah. Whether that's Yoda/Obi force-ghost form or something totally new, up-and-above (properly corporeal even, Gandalf-style? Who knows!), it's going to be pretty sweet.

 

[Snakewise]

Having just seen it today, I'm content with Luke's role.

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And call it death if you want, but I don't even see it as Luke dying. I see it as him reaching enlightenment and ascending.

 

[KRYPTON INC.]

One of the things that Mark did so great, and this must be because of his years now doing voice over work, was how he had such great and distinctive tones given whatever emotions Luke was going through in any scene. Gruff and disillusioned in some moments, focused and committed in others, even sounding very much like he did in the OT when someone or something brings him back to his youth.

 

[Aximili86]

Yeah, that "watch the language!" to R2 sounded so freakin' OT Luke.

 

[sueb1863]

Yeah, that "watch the language!" to R2 sounded so freakin' OT Luke.

No matter what happens to Luke, he'll always be a farm boy from Tatooine.

 

[Galactus123]

It sounds like Hamill really didn't like the direction they decided for Luke:


He didn't like it but he did the job like a true professional. Maybe he should have demanded that he needs to like the script when signing the contract. I'm sure Ford wouldn't have done TFA if he didn't like the script.

 

[Spider-Fan]

It sounds like Hamill really didn't like the direction they decided for Luke:


He didn't like it but he did the job like a true professional. Maybe he should have demanded that he needs to like the scrip when signing the contract. I'm sure Ford wouldn't have done TFA if he didn't like the script.

I have seen in plenty of other interviews where Hamill says he ultimately came around to Johnson's way of thinking.

 

[Galactus123]

I have seen in plenty of other interviews where Hamill says he ultimately came around to Johnson's way of thinking.

In that video he says that he still hasn't accepted it completely. I really wish they would have made the movie in a way that Hamill would have been 100% happy with it. I feel that Hamill didn't really get to play the character like he wanted.

 

[FunkMiller]

In that video he says that he still hasn't accepted it completely. I really wish they would have made the movie in a way that Hamill would have been 100% happy with it. I feel that Hamill didn't really get to play the character like he wanted.

Mark Hamill is an actor.

And let’s be honest about it... not exactly the best actor in the world.

This movie gave him the chance to stretch his abilities, and enabled him to give the performance of his life.

Star Wars storylines should never be dictated by people with such heavy emotional attachment to the characters. That way lies boredom.

 

[Mjölnir]

It sounds like Hamill really didn't like the direction they decided for Luke:


He didn't like it but he did the job like a true professional. Maybe he should have demanded that he needs to like the script when signing the contract. I'm sure Ford wouldn't have done TFA if he didn't like the script.

He's completely right in my view. He's right in that it's not Luke Skywalker from the OT, the character has been twisted to the point where it's not development but replacement.

But he's also right in that it's just a film so the people actually being abusive to others over it are pathetic idiots.

 

[Brother Jack]

I wouldn't be surprised if Hamill feels better about it later on, especially after IX and the larger role that Luke will likely have in it.

 

[KRYPTON INC.]

Of course Luke wasn't the Luke from the OT. If anyone is the same person today that they were 30 years ago... Well in real life that's impossible. The human experience is change and adjusting to the flow of life. Ups, downs, setbacks, victories, change of perspective... I find Luke in TLJ to be very true to the journey of life. Just as he was a character about the mythology of youth so too is he now the hero of aged experience.

 

[Mjölnir]

Of course Luke wasn't the Luke from the OT. If anyone is the same person today that they were 30 years ago... Well in real life that's impossible. The human experience is change and adjusting to the flow of life. Ups, downs, setbacks, victories, change of perspective... I find Luke in TLJ to be very true to the journey of life. Just as he was a character about the mythology of youth so too is he now the hero of aged experience.

That's not what Hamill, and other people, are saying. It's just absurd to think that anyone expects Luke to be the exact same when he developed from film to film in the OT. What they are saying is that that's not a developed Luke, it's different enough to be a new character.

 

[Tacit Ronin]

If anyone is the same person today that they were 30 years ago

Han pretty much was in TFA. One of the more disappointing things about that film.

 

[KRYPTON INC.]

Han pretty much was in TFAgol of the more disappointing things about that film.

Han decades past: "There's no all powerful force that controls everything. There's no mystical energy field that controls my destiny... It's all a lot of simple tricks and nonsense."

Han in TFA: "It's true... All of it."

In ANH he's a devil may care smuggler with a heart of gold In debt to criminals.

In TFA he's a man that went back to smuggling and is in debt to criminals because he is running from the wreckage wrought by his own son becoming the very thing he and his friends fought against.

There are differences.

 

[Agent Orange]

One of the things that Mark did so great, and this must be because of his years now doing voice over work, was how he had such great and distinctive tones given whatever emotions Luke was going through in any scene. Gruff and disillusioned in some moments, focused and committed in others, even sounding very much like he did in the OT when someone or something brings him back to his youth.

Luke's reaction to R2 in the Falcon made me really happy. It was like he was right back on the sets of the original trilogy.

I loved the film but R2 has been shortchanged through these two sequels. 3PO has had more moments.

 

[Venomfan]

I am sorry but I don't think you paid attention to a single thing Luke said about the force, and Jedis are not just about assaulting people with lightsabers. The prequels may have done that, but that is not what I Jedi supposed to be like. Yoda didn't need a lightsaber neither did Luke. When they gave yoda a lightsaber they sort of ruined him

A Jedi's weapon is not the lightsaber, it is the force

So ideally, Rey will no longer fight with a lightsaber?

 

[TheVileOne]

The people who aren't happy with Luke's character arc are entitled to feel that way. Maybe Hamill's comments will validate their view, but like he says, it's still just a movie at the end of the day. Maybe it didn't go the way I thought or expected, but I still loved Hamill's performance and thought it was well done.

Regardless of his comments, I still think he put in great effort and serviced Johnson's film and the script.

 

[titansupes]

Oh, no matter what side everyone falls on, I think we've all agreed that Hamill was incredible in this movie.