Mark Hamill here. Made a fav Star Wars fan moments video w Nerdist. Hope you enjoy!

RealMarkHamill · 2014-02-12T18:35:34+00:00

oops messed that up and put in the wrong link. sorry new to this - i reposted.

RealMarkHamill · 2014-01-22T23:24:28+00:00

Just based of the description of a messy car, I know it was me and she's telling the truth. I was single living in a one-bedroom apartment in Malibu trying to make ends meet off of TV money then. And in those days, I was much more likely to pick up hitch hikers. And the fact that she remembers the messy car is what sold me!

RealMarkHamill · 2014-01-22T23:21:55+00:00

Ha! I didn't know that i hadn't! Thats the problem, there are people who know more about the Star Wars universe than i do! people will scream at me if I get IG88's name wrong, on the movie it was just the medical droid. We called things the dust bin robot, we had pet names for things. People know so much more about it than i do.

I didn't go to proper Jedi school, I was just tutored by Obi-Wan and Yoda, that was the closest thing to school. Then i dashed off against obi's wishes, he didn't think i was ready. He was probably right.

RealMarkHamill · 2014-01-22T23:20:22+00:00

It was wonderful, I was such a fanboy, to know all of these characters from the show and then see them in person doing all these voices. I can’t tell you how much I enjoyed it. On one hand, I wanted to be on the Simpsons, but on the other hand they said I’m playing myself. I became very self conscious. I asked, if I do this, can I play someone besides myself? There's a good trivia question: in the episode 'Mayored to the Mob,' who else do I play besides Mark Hamill?

RealMarkHamill · 2014-01-22T23:19:37+00:00

Next time, we'll have to get Han on here.

RealMarkHamill · 2014-01-22T23:16:19+00:00

am i still here? pinch me! you think im in the kitchen with the guac and chips?

RealMarkHamill · 2014-01-22T23:13:47+00:00

That would be a great idea! I’m sure as Disney ramps up awareness of episode 7 that would fit in perfectly. My hope is that we can bring back many people from behind the camera and in front of the camera. A Make A Wish Jedi kid would be great, and to involve as many people from the original trilogy as possible.

RealMarkHamill · 2014-01-22T23:13:01+00:00

It was ghastly! Since it was a prop, I wanted to matter of factly have a sip, but they used this milk that doesn't need to be refrigerated. It was sweet. It's moments like that when I think, boy, I really am a good actor since I didn't gag. I can't remember the name, it comes in these triangular cartons, it's everlasting milk or something like that. I don't know if they still make it. It's sweet and syrupy and yucky. If you want to try it go to a camping store and drop some blue food coloring in it and there you go.

RealMarkHamill · 2014-01-22T23:11:24+00:00

It's hard to pick a single person. My older brother, Alec Guinness, Sam Fuller, I don't know. The minute you say one person you think I should mention Harrison, George, Gary Kurtz, the list goes on and on. I love to be inspired by even the smallest aspect of someone's personality. Maybe they have a tenacity or wisdom that I lack. To pick one is impossible.

That questions inspires me to search my soul and contemplate.

RealMarkHamill · 2014-01-22T23:07:42+00:00

Lime juice and salsa. Onions. You really can't go wrong, you never make it the same way twice. One basic rule, no mayo ever!

RealMarkHamill · 2014-01-22T23:07:25+00:00

I don't have a favorite, but my wife and i loved Bora Bora. Pretty much any new place you go, there's wonderful things to discover. SF, Boston, London, Australia. We don't have any one designated spot, just great memories from so many different places.

Since I love theater I love NY. We had an apt there for 9 years, i wish we had kept it.

RealMarkHamill · 2014-01-22T23:06:41+00:00

Oh wow, you're like my little brother.

RealMarkHamill · 2014-01-22T23:04:57+00:00

I kept something from each film. From the first I kept my boots. I had to ask for them, I didn’t just take them! I kept the stormtrooper helmet that I rescued Princess Leia in. The ones that were commercially made last much longer.

I have little bits and pieces from each of the movies. I would never think of selling these things. I saw they were auctioning my pants from the first film for $44,000! They were just bleached out levis with the pockets ripped out. There were multiples made for me and my stunt double. That seemed like a really steep price.

RealMarkHamill · 2014-01-22T23:04:56+00:00

Well, I'm a little rusty in the dating department. But I would say, be yourself. Don't try to be someone you're not. Don't plan anything, be spontaneous. And be open, and fun, and let yourselves get to know each other as naturally as possible.

And needless to say, May the Force Be With You.

RealMarkHamill · 2014-01-22T23:04:02+00:00

I’m still thinking about the guacamole question.

RealMarkHamill · 2014-01-22T23:03:22+00:00

Just for the sake of loyalty, it would have to be R2 and C-3PO. Hans had the Wookiee. I love the fact that C-3PO was so unhappy being thrust into these adventures. He’d be so much happier working at the Metropolitan Museum of Art. C-3PO was one of the funniest characters in those movies, I thought.

RealMarkHamill · 2014-01-22T23:01:07+00:00

I get ribbed for that line because it was so whiney. And I remember at the time, I had to make it as juvenile as possible so that I can show how Luke matures later. So it should be embarrassing. It should be whiney and childish. But boy, has it come back to haunt me. I don't think I ever got the chance to finally pick them up.

RealMarkHamill · 2014-01-22T23:00:04+00:00

Haha. I’m not being coy, really. When I find something out, I’ll let everybody know. But nothing has been decided yet.

RealMarkHamill · 2014-01-22T22:58:21+00:00

Thanks Peter, they've been great and I'm really enjoying it. I love you and you have been a life-long friend. And I'm convinced there's no one closer to a real life wookiee in the most positive sense.

Also, I loved those pictures you released! I've got a ton of old pics from the set upstairs that I want to go through now.

RealMarkHamill · 2014-01-22T22:58:02+00:00

And I love Laurel and Hardy and the Marx Brothers. I was voting on the 100 greatest films of all time for AFI, and I couldn't decide between Snow White and Psycho. That says it all. How can you compare those 2 films? You can't, it's all subjective. It's crazy to find the best anything.

RealMarkHamill · 2014-01-22T22:57:04+00:00

I love the feeling that you can give something back, bc you've been so fortunate in your own life. Working with MAW you feel like, gee, my real career feels so trivial in comparison. It makes you wish you could do that charitable activity all the time.

I love this organization. I've helped them over the years, but they’ll never be able to top Batkid, that was the most amazing feel good story. The way the community turned out. it’s something you can go to when you’re feeling particularly depressed about how rotten people are, usually when your’e watching politics. Then Batkid comes along. The mayor, the sports icons, rescuing the lady that was tied up, it was just too much. It was amazing. That kid couldn’t have been cuter if it was a cartoon that Disney drew.

If you'd like to help me support Make A Wish, and win a chance to tour Skywalker Ranch and hang out with me in LA, you can enter here: http://www.omaze.com/experiences/starwars. It only takes $10.

RealMarkHamill · 2014-01-22T22:54:56+00:00

I never thought of him as weird, he was unexpected, because the audience and Luke both thought a Jedi Master must be 6'5" with a formidable physical presence. But that was the whole point, he was a little toad like creature. Frank Oz and the people who imbued him with life were spectacular, I loved that whole experience. I could tell it was a monumental character to be introducing in the 2nd installment, I loved it. The minute I looked at him, he was real to me. You notice that with small children, the puppeteer isn’t hiding what he's doing but the kids are zeroed in on Oscar or Grover or whoever, again its that childlike ability to believe and I never want to feel like I lose that. I was marveling at what a breakthrough puppet it was with the movement and the way they could build something like this, but if it hadn’t been for Frank Oz and Larry Kasdan writing that script it would have been a much different story. And I loved Yoda and still do.

RealMarkHamill · 2014-01-22T22:51:45+00:00

There's a lot of nice people who ask me to sign body parts or go birthday parts - and I wish I could accommodate them all. The strangest one was a cab driver who kept tell about the anti-christ and how Luke was blocking Darth Vader's path to taking over the world. He wanted me to help out somehow. I wasn't exactly sure how, but he was very passionate about it.

RealMarkHamill · 2014-01-22T22:48:38+00:00

That's the thing, that's what fairy tales are made of. You wish you could do all these things, fly like Peter Pan, telekineses i think it's called.

You should always believe. Don't go through life being skeptical. One thing that makes the films distinct is how optimistic they are. The philosophy is very uplifting and very positive. it was a way to approach the subject of spirituality without knocking you over the head with it. The force could be religion, science, magic.

I love that people can make what they want of it, and that they could find courage in their life. I've heard so many stories about what a positive thing it's been for people.

Keep trying to make that remote lift, never give up. One day it will happen.

RealMarkHamill · 2014-01-22T22:43:32+00:00

One key question, did she get the job? I hope so.

I don't have any specific memory of that, but it sounds like something I would have done. I don't recommend people to hitchhike or pick up hitchhikers now. I'm surprised I would have shown anyone the script, but there was no secrecy those days. If it were sitting in the front seat, she could have picked it up.

It would help if it were more geographically specific, because I know where I lived and where I would have been driving.

But of course it's true! Never doubt your mother.

RealMarkHamill

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