--- title: Watch: Mark Hamill Undercover as a Stormtrooper for Charity description: As part of the promotion for the upcoming Star Wars: The Force Awakens, Mark Hamill disguised himself as a Stormtrooper. canonical: https://time.com/4134764/star-wars-the-force-awakens-mark-hamill-undercover-stormtrooper-charity-force-for-change/ author: Megan McCluskey article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2015-12-03T18:20:45.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-08-04T07:47:54.574Z og:title: Watch Mark Hamill Go Undercover as a Stormtrooper og:description: People had no idea they were meeting Luke Skywalker himself og:url: https://time.com/4134764/star-wars-the-force-awakens-mark-hamill-undercover-stormtrooper-charity-force-for-change/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: TIME og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Watch Mark Hamill Go Undercover as a Stormtrooper twitter:description: People had no idea they were meeting Luke Skywalker himself twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- # Watch Mark Hamill Go Undercover as a Stormtrooper to Talk to Fans ## Video: Photographing TIME's Star Wars Cover [Watch (HLS stream): Photographing TIME's Star Wars Cover](https://cdn.jwplayer.com/manifests/KXrQmNTF.m3u8) (3:31)  _Published 2015-12-03. For the latest issue of TIME, Marco Grob photographed the cast members of_  by [Megan McCluskey](https://time.com/author/megan-mccluskey/)  ## Megan McCluskey Staff Writer Dec 3, 2015 6:20 PM UTC  by [Megan McCluskey](https://time.com/author/megan-mccluskey/)  ## Megan McCluskey Staff Writer Dec 3, 2015 6:20 PM UTC As part of the promotion for the upcoming [_Star Wars: The Force Awakens_](http://time.com/4116403/star-wars-force-awakens-fan-theories/), Mark Hamill, who plays Luke Skywalker in the series, disguised himself as a Stormtrooper and asked fans to donate to charity. The 64-year-old actor took to Hollywood Boulevard to encourage people to donate to a Omaze fundraising campaign, [Force for Change](https://www.omaze.com/experiences/starwarspremiere?utm%5Fsource=social-youtube-omaze&utm%5Fmedium=video-prank&utm%5Fcontent=2&utm%5Fcampaign=child%5Fhealth-international&oa%5Fh=x5b005). The grand prize winner gets tickets to the premiere of the franchise’s latest installment. “The last time anybody saw me in a stormtrooper outfit was when we rescued the princess off the Death Star,” said Hamill, as he donned his gear. “I couldn’t be more proud of everyone in the _Star Wars_ family.” As he spread word about the contest, the costumed Hamill encountered other characters from the galaxy far, far away, such as Darth Vader, spoke to adoring fans (who didn’t realize they were meeting Luke Skywalker himself) and even got involved in a lightsaber battle. See the full video above. 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