Old Luke

Lord Poe · Post by **Lord Poe** » 2003-05-11 01:56am

Holy crap, getting old SUCKS...

Sokar · Post by **Sokar** » 2003-05-11 02:10am

He looks fairly spry and healthy for a man in his early 50's, the last time he was Luke , it was 1983 there Poe

HemlockGrey · Post by **HemlockGrey** » 2003-05-11 02:10am

Which one's him?

Raptor 597 · Post by **Raptor 597** » 2003-05-11 02:13am

The one on the right. Upon further inspection this Dave Hart must die for smiling oddly with washed out actors.

Joe · Post by **Joe** » 2003-05-11 11:49am

I don't feel sorry for Mark Hamill; so he's not a big movie star, who cares? He held the lead in three of the best movies of all time and makes a comfortable living doing something that he enjoys today. I hate how people bash him (and I'm not accusing anyone here).

Lord Pounder · Post by **Lord Pounder** » 2003-05-11 12:02pm

I've saw a couple of other movies Mark Hamil was in. They weren't bad. The problem is he will always be Luke Skywalker to too many people. When your one of the major players in a the greatest trilogy every made it's hard to not be type cast. With the exception of Harrison Ford very few of the others in the main cast went on to do other things in acting.

neoolong · Post by **neoolong** » 2003-05-11 12:08pm

I don't think he really likes being characterized by a character he played 20 years ago.

He has done a fair amounts of stuff since then.

Lord Pounder · Post by **Lord Pounder** » 2003-05-11 12:13pm

No one would. But it is a great mark of respect that he is remembered by so many fans. Being in such a production as Star Wars is a double edged sword. You'll be forever Luke Skywalker/Han Solo etc, but if you throw a hissy fit over it your ungrateful and pissing on the fans.

neoolong · Post by **neoolong** » 2003-05-11 12:51pm

I don't think it affects Harrison Ford as much. He'll be remember as Han, as Indy, and other characters.

GonK · Post by **GonK** » 2003-05-11 03:12pm

I think he now makes a living mostly doing voice work where being Luke Skywalker isn't as much of a problem . I know that he did voice work for Soldier of Fortune 2 and that he played the Joker in the Batman cartoons.

white_rabbit · Post by **white_rabbit** » 2003-05-11 03:39pm

I like the guy, his other work is good quality, and his voice acting in particular is brilliant, the animated Joker defined the villain for me.

2000AD · Post by **2000AD** » 2003-05-11 03:44pm

IIRC he also does Wolverine in that new computer game.

Is doing voice acting his main job now?

meNNis · Post by **meNNis** » 2003-05-11 05:23pm

Now imagine him holding a lightsabre as he decapitates a Vong warrior, and you've got an image of what the NJO Luke looks like

Illuminatus Primus · Post by **Illuminatus Primus** » 2003-05-11 06:22pm

meNNis wrote:Now imagine him holding a lightsabre as he decapitates a Vong warrior, and you've got an image of what the NJO Luke looks like

Actually NJO Luke and Mara don't look too bad at all.

That silly Light Side anti-aging or something.

Darth Garden Gnome · Post by **Darth Garden Gnome** » 2003-05-11 09:15pm

I doubt Mark Hamil has a problem with people identifying him as Luke. Not only is he very polite to his fans (at least from what I've read), but he did a Star Warish bit in Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back (along with Carrie Fisher...) where he had a lightsaber battle.

Doesn't sound bitter at all.

A little Off-Topic, who I do feel for is Patrick Stuart. This guy has people dressed as SF officers attending the plays he does on stage! Poor fellow; rude sci-fi stalkers...

phongn · Post by **phongn** » 2003-05-11 09:35pm

He also did the Wing Commander games.

generator_g1 · Post by **generator_g1** » 2003-05-11 10:59pm

Darth Garden Gnome wrote: A little Off-Topic, who I do feel for is Patrick Stuart. This guy has people dressed as SF officers attending the plays he does on stage! Poor fellow; rude sci-fi stalkers...

Have they no shame...

phongn wrote:He also did the Wing Commander games

Up to WC 4 IIRC.

Didn't Carrie Fisher also write the book and subsequent movie, "Postcards from the Edge" chronicling her drug addiction problems?

Darth Yoshi · Post by **Darth Yoshi** » 2003-05-11 11:15pm

I know she cameoed in the first Austin Powers.

Mark Hamil has aged fairly well.

Slartibartfast · Post by **Slartibartfast** » 2003-05-12 02:25am

Darth Pounder wrote:I've saw a couple of other movies Mark Hamil was in. They weren't bad. The problem is he will always be Luke Skywalker to too many people. When your one of the major players in a the greatest trilogy every made it's hard to not be type cast. With the exception of Harrison Ford very few of the others in the main cast went on to do other things in acting.

Carrie Fisher tried to kill the Blues Brothers with a flame thrower and a rocket launcher, and other deadly gadgets

2000AD · Post by **2000AD** » 2003-05-12 03:28pm

Darth Garden Gnome wrote: but he did a Star Warish bit in Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back (along with Carrie Fisher...) where he had a lightsaber battle.

No he didn't! It was a bongsabre battle!

TC · Post by TC » 2003-05-12 11:00pm

generator_g1 wrote:
phongn wrote:He also did the Wing Commander games
Up to WC 4 IIRC.

He was in Wing Commander 3, 4 and Prophecy.

phongn · Post by **phongn** » 2003-05-12 11:13pm

Illuminatus Primus wrote:
meNNis wrote:Now imagine him holding a lightsabre as he decapitates a Vong warrior, and you've got an image of what the NJO Luke looks like
Actually NJO Luke and Mara don't look too bad at all.

That silly Light Side anti-aging or something.

Actually, humans have a fairly long life-span in SW anyways, so it's possible that they simply don't age that much.

irishmick79 · Post by **irishmick79** » 2003-05-13 12:15am

Carrie Fisher also did a bit in the 1997 computer detective game Under A Killing Moon.

Hamil's part in Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back was HILARIOUS.
-"You trying to upstage me? Nobody fucks with the Jedi Master!"

Sokar · Post by **Sokar** » 2003-05-13 01:32am

Unlike Harrison Ford, Mark Hamil made peace with being Luke Skywalker decades ago, and now enjoys it. He loves the fans, and is not above making jokes about it, ala JaSBSB. He does a few convention spots every year, and is know for being one of the more gracious geekdom 'stars'.

GrandMasterTerwynn · Post by **GrandMasterTerwynn** » 2003-05-13 03:24pm

phongn wrote:
Illuminatus Primus wrote:
meNNis wrote:Now imagine him holding a lightsabre as he decapitates a Vong warrior, and you've got an image of what the NJO Luke looks like :P :lol: :P
Actually NJO Luke and Mara don't look too bad at all.

That silly Light Side anti-aging or something.
Actually, humans have a fairly long life-span in SW anyways, so it's possible that they simply don't age that much.

True. In SW, Luke is just starting to hit his middle-age spread. IIRC he looks kinda like Hamil did in WC. And, one must bear in mind the Luke Skywalker and Mark Hamil aren't quite the same person. It could be that Luke has the genes and conditions which would have him age much better than Mark Hamil did.