In 1988, Mark Hammill sat down for an interview with Lucasfilm Fan Club Magazine to talk about various aspects of himself and his career. There are in particular some interesting insights into what it was like for him to work on the original Star Wars trilogy.
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What a wild and awesome experience that must have been! This interview was conducted in celebration of the 10th anniversary of Star Wars and had some time to reflect on his experiences at the time. One of the first questions he was asked about Star Wars was what it was like to work George Luke on the movie. This was his response:
“I’d like to know what I know about George now when I made the first Star Wars because he’s a very introspective guy and it can be a little intimidating when you don’t really know him. And he’s really very accommodating and free. I was sad that he didn’t direct any of the other Star Wars movies. It’s hard to say though because Irvin Kirshner did such a great job on The Empire Strikes Back and it was such a different and dark film.
“But I was sad that George didn’t continue as Steven Spielberg did with the Indiana Jones movies. But I can understand it.
Hamill goes on to say that he thinks Lucas’s least favorite part of directing is directing actors, but he enjoyed the experience of working with him:
“I don’t think directing actors is George’s favorite part of the filmmaking process. I could be wrong, but I think he seems to enjoy the other elements more: post-production, editing and so on.
“But my whole experience with George was great and I really enjoyed it. I don’t know if I will ever have the opportunity to work with him again. I had no idea, when he was directing Star Wars, that there was a possibility that he would never direct again.
“Because of American Graffiti and Star Wars, I was like, ‘Damn, we’re going to have a lot of George Lucas movies!’ We did, but he didn’t direct any of them.
George Lucas hasn’t directed anything yet, but I sure would like to see him come out of retirement to direct something! All of his director friends are still making big movies, it’s not like he’s too old. He should go back and direct another film someday. It doesn’t have to be Star Wars, I’d much rather see him direct an original project. The boy must have more story ideas!
Via: Star WarsNews
by Joey Paur
Source: Geek Tyrant
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