The old interwebs were set ablaze with fanboy excitement, after the first teaser for the new Star Wars: The Force Awakens went live several weeks back. Despite the fanfare, some were left wondering one very important question…where in the galaxy is Luke Skywalker?!
Actor Mark Hamill recently spoke with Yahoo! regarding the upcoming sequel. While not revealing any specifics into why his character has been under such lock n’ key as of late, he does shed a bit of light in regards to the new direction the films are headed (perhaps explaining why Luke isn’t the focal point).
“This is about the new generation of characters; I think that’s the most important thing. It’s the opening act of a whole new approach to the storytelling. So I never thought that the stories would be, first of all, I never thought I’d be involved in it again, period. And then when George Lucas said that they wanted to do more, I rightly assumed that it wouldn’t be our story, because we had a beginning, a middle, and an end. This must be our offspring and the current generation, with us there lending the kind of support that Peter Cushing and Alec Guinness did in the original. So no, that didn’t surprise me. And I mean, I’m one of those people where I just think, ‘Keep me out of it. I’ll ruin it, I’m sure!’ show up and just ruin the whole thing.” laughs Hamill.
Rumor has it the plot focuses on the search for a missing Jedi Master Skywalker, which could see Hamill himself having very little screen time overall.