Star Wars' Mark Hamill Believed Returning as Luke Skywalker For Disney's Sequels Would Be a 'Mistake,' But Felt Compelled After Harrison Ford Signed On
Luke Skywalker himself, Mark Hamill, has said he was initially reluctant to return in his iconic Star Wars role, believing that Disney would be unable to "catch lightning in a bottle twice." Speaking to The Hollywood Reporter , Hamill admitted he had "real reservations" about agreeing to return, and believed he wouldn't be the only one of the saga's classic cast to turn Disney down — until he read that even Harrison Ford was coming back as Han Solo. "I had real reservations about coming back," Hamill said. "I thought it would be a mistake. You can't catch lightning in a bottle twice — they should really focus on a new generation of characters. And I thought, 'Well, Harrison is not going to do it anyway.' You could see his irritation with constantly having to talk about Han Solo. "Once I saw in the press that he had accepted," Hamill continued, "I felt like I had been drafted — because if I'm the only one wh...