A fond farewell, then, to all that. The swishy lightsabers; the bullseyeing of womp rats and conveniently located Death Star kill buttons; the parental epiphany-fuelled screams of anguish. Mark Hamill has announced he is (probably) retiring as Luke Skywalker.
“I had my time, and that’s good. But that’s enough,” said Hamill during an interview with CBS Sunday Morning. “Well, you never say never. I just don’t see any reason to,” he added. “Let me put it that way: I mean, they have so many stories to tell, they don’t need Luke any more.”
