Star Wars fans recently got a nice surprise when the first teaser trailer for “The Last Jedi” was released last week. Mark Hamill’s Luke Skywalker only appeared at the very end of “The Force Awakens” but we’ll be seeing a lot more of him in “The Last Jedi.”
One classic character who did appear frequently throughout “The Force Awakens” was none other than Han Solo. Han sort of acted as the Obi-Wan like character for the new crew as he guided them on their journey throughout the galaxy, but Han was killed off before we saw him interact with Luke Skywalker.
Mark Hamill was bust over the weekend answering questions at Star Wars Celebration, and he thinks that keeping Han and Luke apart was a “missed opportunity.”
“In fact, when I was reading it, I thought if Leia’s trying to mentally contact me and she’s not successful, she’ll still rush to his [Han’s] aid. She’ll get close to him and then get into some dire situation and then that’s when I show up for a big ‘Yay!’ save her life – and then we rush to Han and then we’re in the same position that Rey and Finn and Chewie are: too late to save him, but witnesses.”
“Because it carries so much emotional resonance in to the next film,” he continued. “For us, his wife, his best friend to witness, instead of two characters who’d known him what, twenty minutes? I thought there was a great missed opportunity.”
What do you think about Mark Hamill’s idea for a Luke/Han reunion? Could it have worked, or do you think it’s better off that Luke Skywalker was saved for the end of the movie? Sound off in the comments below.
