--- title: Star Wars: Mark Hamill Pranks Fans as Darth Vader VIDEO description: Leading up to the celebration of Star Wars Day, Mark Hamill got in the galaxy far, far away spirit by pranking fans in the name of charity. canonical: https://time.com/4765473/star-wars-mark-hamill-pranks-fans/ author: Megan McCluskey article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2017-05-03T19:38:14.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T07:43:20.513Z og:title: Watch Mark Hamill Hilariously Prank Star Wars Fans og:description: In a Darth Vader mask og:url: https://time.com/4765473/star-wars-mark-hamill-pranks-fans/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt9260242e6de54ad0/6988cbe70b72e3168d6eda59/wars.jpg?branch=production&width=1920&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: Wars og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Watch Mark Hamill Hilariously Prank Star Wars Fans twitter:description: In a Darth Vader mask twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt9260242e6de54ad0/6988cbe70b72e3168d6eda59/wars.jpg?branch=production&width=1920&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Watch Mark Hamill Hilariously Prank _Star Wars_ Fans in a Darth Vader Mask  by [Megan McCluskey](https://time.com/author/megan-mccluskey/)  ## Megan McCluskey Staff Writer May 3, 2017 7:38 PM UTC   by [Megan McCluskey](https://time.com/author/megan-mccluskey/)  ## Megan McCluskey Staff Writer May 3, 2017 7:38 PM UTC Leading up to May 4 — the unofficial holiday known as [_Star Wars_ Day](http://time.com/87062/may-the-4th-be-with-you-a-brief-history-of-star-wars-day/) — [Mark Hamill](http://time.com/4729557/star-wars-the-force-awakens-bad-lip-reading/) got in the galaxy far, far away spirit by pranking fans in the name of charity. As part of a [_The Last Jedi_](http://time.com/4661969/star-wars-the-last-jedi-everything-we-know/) Omaze campaign for Lucasfilm’s [Star Wars: Force for Change](https://forceforchange.starwars.com) initiative, the 65-year-old actor channeled both his own character, Luke Skywalker, and his inner Darth Vader to surprise fans who believed they were filming a video to celebrate _Star Wars_‘ 40th anniversary. As the participants performed reenactments of some of the saga’s most iconic scenes, Hamill either snuck up behind them or donned a disguise to act alongside them, resulting in some hilarious reveals. Those who [donate to Force for Change](https://www.omaze.com/experiences/star-wars-40th) — which benefits UNICEF and Starlight Children’s Foundation — will have a chance to win a night at Skywalker Ranch, a visit to the set of the upcoming Han Solo movie, a trip to _The Last Jedi_ premiere or a lunch with Hamill himself. Watch the video below. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4765473/star-wars-mark-hamill-pranks-fans/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4765473/star-wars-mark-hamill-pranks-fans/"},"headline":"Watch Mark Hamill Hilariously Prank Star Wars Fans in a Darth Vader Mask","datePublished":"2017-05-03T19:38:14.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:43:20.513Z","description":"\"It's a trap!\"","url":"https://time.com/4765473/star-wars-mark-hamill-pranks-fans/","keywords":["Newsfeed","movies","celebrities","Star Wars topic","mark hamill"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt9260242e6de54ad0/6988cbe70b72e3168d6eda59/wars.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Megan McCluskey","jobTitle":"Staff Writer","url":"https://time.com/author/megan-mccluskey/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt9260242e6de54ad0/6988cbe70b72e3168d6eda59/wars.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Wars","caption":"","creditText":"","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":"/tag/time-section-newsfeed/","name":"Newsfeed"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4765473/star-wars-mark-hamill-pranks-fans/","name":"Watch Mark Hamill Hilariously Prank Star Wars Fans in a Darth Vader Mask"}}]}] ```