--- description: Star Wars actor Mark Hamill tweeted his sadness at the death of co-star Carrie Fisher, who died Tuesday at the age of 60. title: Mark Hamill Is Speechless Over Carrie Fisher’s Death image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt1b6bbb1f2d1d5d3a/6988b40e0b72e345c66ec242/carrie-fisher4.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  * [Entertainment](/section/entertainment/) ## Entertainment Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close * [remembrance](/tag/remembrance/) ## remembrance Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # Mark Hamill Is Speechless Over Carrie Fisher’s Death by [Kerry Close](/author/kerry-close/) ## Kerry Close Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Updated: Dec 13, 2023 2:08 PM CUTPublished: Dec 27, 2016 7:42 PM CUT  Mark Hamill and Carrie Fisher in costume Luke Skywalker and Princess Leia in George Lucas' Star Wars trilogy, 1977. Mark Hamill and Carrie Fisher in costume Luke Skywalker and Princess Leia in George Lucas' Star Wars trilogy, 1977.Terry O'Neill—Getty Images by [Kerry Close](/author/kerry-close/) ## Kerry Close Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Updated: Dec 13, 2023 2:08 PM CUTPublished: Dec 27, 2016 7:42 PM CUT Like many _Star Wars_ fans around the world, actor Mark Hamill could not believe the news that [Carrie Fisher](http://time.com/4618454/carrie-fisher-dead-reactions/ "undefined") died Tuesday. Hamill, who starred as reluctant hero Luke Skywalker in the intergalactic series, tweeted his shock over the sudden death of his co-star [Fisher](http://time.com/4618460/carrie-fisher-dead-star-wars/ "undefined"), along with a picture of the two actors in their costumes from the original trilogy. Fisher and Hamill played rebellion fighters who meet aboard the Death Star, where Fisher’s character, [Princess Leia](http://time.com/4618464/carrie-fisher-dead-star-wars-princess-leia-quotes/ "undefined"), was imprisoned. The two joined forces to take down the evil Empire, learning later on in the series that they were actually twin siblings fathered by evil Empire leader Darth Vader. Though they didn’t share any screen time, both actors reprised their roles in _The Force Awakens_, the latest installment of Star Wars released in late 2015. > [](https://twitter.com/HamillHimself/status/813816434073579521) Fisher suffered a heart attack on a flight from London to Los Angeles on Dec. 23\. During her hospital stay, Hamill posted a get-well message on his Instagram page: ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4618506/carrie-fisher-dead-mark-hamill/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4618506/carrie-fisher-dead-mark-hamill/"},"headline":"Mark Hamill Is Speechless Over Carrie Fisher’s Death","datePublished":"2016-12-27T19:42:30.000Z","dateModified":"2023-12-13T14:08:20.000Z","description":"The two starred in \"Star Wars\" as twin siblings Luke and Leia","url":"https://time.com/4618506/carrie-fisher-dead-mark-hamill/","keywords":["remembrance","Star Wars topic","carrie fisher","onetime"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt1b6bbb1f2d1d5d3a/6988b40e0b72e345c66ec242/carrie-fisher4.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Kerry Close","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/kerry-close/"}],"articleSection":"Entertainment","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt1b6bbb1f2d1d5d3a/6988b40e0b72e345c66ec242/carrie-fisher4.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Luke And Leia","caption":"Luke And Leia","creditText":"Terry O'Neill—Getty Images","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/entertainment/","name":"Entertainment"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/remembrance/","name":"remembrance"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4618506/carrie-fisher-dead-mark-hamill/","name":"Mark Hamill Is Speechless Over Carrie Fisher’s Death"}}]}] ```