Iconic Luke Skywalker actor Mark Hamill highlights one key difference between the original Star Wars' worst movies, but Hamill himself has already taken swipes at the trilogy before.
Now, in an interview on TODAY, Mark Hamill again shared his views on the Star Wars sequel trilogy, which interestingly not only meant a criticism of those movies but also revealed that one terrible Revenge of the Sith decision was actually even worse than it seemed. Hamill explained:
"When I would complain about things - in the third one, I said, 'Luke has lost his hand, he's got the black glove, shouldn't it be about Luke struggling with turning to the dark side?' George said, 'Mark, it's for children.' And that's why he would never consider killing any of the main characters. In the new ones, they pop us off one at a time."
The comment about the sequel trilogy killing the original trilogy heroes "one at a time" reiterates a complaint Hamill has voiced about the sequels before, but the commentary on George Lucas' refusal to kill off main characters makes Revenge of the Sith even more confusing, as does, arguably, his points about Luke's struggle to resist the dark side.
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Mark Hamill's points about the sequel trilogy are understandable, as the decision to kill Han Solo, Luke Skywalker, and Leia Organa back-to-back tends to be one of the biggest complaints about the sequels. It's also well-known at this point that Hamill wasn't entirely pleased with how Luke's story was handled in the sequel trilogy, from comments about Luke using the Force so hard he died (as Hamill put it) to his lack of any lines in Star Wars: The Force Awakens. However, two things about Hamill's recent comments make little sense.
The first is regarding Luke's struggle with the dark side. While it could have been more overt, which is perhaps what Hamill was looking for, Luke did struggle against a pull to the dark side in Return of the Jedi, particularly when he was fighting Darth Vader in the movie's final fight. Once Vader mentioned Leia, Luke nearly lost control, growing dangerously close to killing Vader and tapping into the dark side. Moreover, Hamill's comments about George Lucas not wanting to kill off main characters make one Revenge of the Sith choice even more confusing.
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In this interview, Hamill shared that George Lucas didn't want to kill off main characters, in part because the movies were meant for children, and that would no doubt be upsetting, in addition to potentially being very unpopular (as the sequels ultimately proved to be). Yet, Revenge of the Sith killed off one of the most beloved characters, Pé Amidala. What's more, how Pé died became rather controversial, as her 'losing the will to live,' as the medical droid said, was entirely antithetical to the character's nature up until that point.
This makes my least favorite Revenge of the Sith moment more disappointing, especially because it wasn't Lucas' original plan. Initially, Pé was going to go with Leia and Bail Organa to Alderaan for a time, eventually dying of some other cause. This raises the question: if George Lucas was against killing off main characters for the sake of child audiences, why did he decide to kill Pé? We may never get the answer, but Mark Hamill's recent interview does shed some interesting light on Star Wars, particularly Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith.
Source: TODAY
Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith
- Release Date
- May 19, 2005
- Runtime
- 140 Minutes
- Director
- George Lucas
Cast
Obi-Wan Kenobi
Anakin Skywalker / Darth Vader
WHERE TO WATCH
- Writers
- Jan Duursema
- Producers
- Rick McCallum
- Prequel(s)
- Star Wars: Episode II - Attack of the Clones
- Franchise(s)
- Star Wars
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