Mark Hamill shares an image from a long time ago, in a galaxy far, far away — Tunisia, 1976, to be exact.
Mark Hamill’s Luke Skywalker is an elder statesman in the Star Wars saga nowadays, but back in 1976 when he was shooting the original film (released in 1977), he was just a young pup of 25, with floppy hair and a farm boy’s innocence.
On Saturday, Hamill shared what might be the first-ever photo of him as Luke Skywalker, noting that it was taken in Tunisia on the very first day of filming for the movie, before he’d even shot a scene.
Hamill looks young and nervous, interlacing his fingers and squinting into the sun. And are those a few Jawas in the background?
A fan wanted to know what young Skywalker was thinking.
@HamillHimself At that very moment, were you thinking „This is gonna be my big break“ or „Crap, it’s early, dusty and way too bright“?
And Hamill responded.
