Mark Hamill Said Filming The Last Jedi Made Him Remember Doing The First Star Wars Movie

After missing for 98 percent of The Force Awakens, Mark Hamill is said to be more present this time around for Star Wars: The Last Jedi. Interestingly enough, Hamill talks about his experience working on the film and how it made him feel the same amount of wonder that he hadn't felt since he shot the first Star Wars.

In an interview with JOE, Hamill admits:

"I remember, I had this feeling that rushed over me when I was at the top of Skellig Michael, because the first thing we did on the original Star Wars, before Carrie came over or Harrison came over. I went with Sir Alec and Anthony and Kenny Baker - the two droids - and we went and we did the desert scenes in Tunisia."

We were out on the salt flats, which was 360 degrees of horizon, because it was built over- nothing grows there, because there was salt water underneath. And in between shots if I turned away and had the crew to my back, you could look out and in this unearthly terrain and the robots by your side and the floating car and the stand, and you're in this outfit... It was very easy to just be transported and really feel like you were in a galaxy far, far away. It was just - y'know, I got the chills."

He goes on to explain that though he shot the Empire and Jedi, they just didn't give him the same rush like the first movie.

"I never had that feeling again, until - not in Empire, when we went to Norway, it was brutally cold, but snow is snow, I've seen it before."

In Jedi, we went to the Redwood forest, and again, gorgeous, but again, it was something that I was familiar with."

Though Hamill had been missing for the most part of The Force Awakens, he remains to be the most active of the original trio when it comes to social media. We know that Carrie Fisher had already passed, and Harrison Ford grumps at the very mention of Star Wars, but Hamill has suddenly found himself under the spotlight again, and everybody loves him.

Hopefully his version of an older and weary Luke will be something to remember.

Star Wars: The Last Jedi comes out Dec. 15.

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