--- description: Don't get cocky, kid title: Even Mark Hamill Was Surprised by His Return to Luke Skywalker Role image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt07ffd088ea91736b/69876eb3f887dce9abe8902c/456468080.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 * [movies](/tag/movies/) ## movies Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # Even Mark Hamill Was Surprised by His Return to Luke Skywalker Role by [Laura Stampler](/author/laura-stampler/) ## Laura Stampler Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Dec 15, 2014 4:10 PM CUT  Mark Hamill attends the Midnight Mission Golden Heart awards gala at the Beverly Wilshire Hotel on September 30, 2014 in Beverly Hills, California. (Photo by Tibrina Hobson/Getty Images) Mark Hamill attends the Midnight Mission Golden Heart awards gala at the Beverly Wilshire Hotel on September 30, 2014 in Beverly Hills, California. (Photo by Tibrina Hobson/Getty Images)Tibrina Hobson—Getty Images by [Laura Stampler](/author/laura-stampler/) ## Laura Stampler Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Dec 15, 2014 4:10 PM CUT Mark Hamill never thought he would return to that galaxy far, far away–not in “a million years.” So even he seems to have been stunned by the fact that he’ll reprise his most famous role as Luke Skywalker next year: In J.J. Abrams’ _Star Wars: The Force Awakens_. “I don’t know that I’m even completely recovered from my state of shock,” the actor recently told _Entertainment Weekly._ “Part of the experience of \[_Star Wars_\] in my life was coming down from that, putting it behind me. We had a beginning, middle, and an end. And I certainly, in a million years, never expected to return. I thought, even if they do more trilogies, my story is over.” [Read more at _Entertainment Weekly_](http://insidemovies.ew.com/2014/12/15/star-wars-the-force-awakens-mark-hamill "undefined") _Read next:_ [_George Lucas Might Be the Only Person Who Hasn’t Seen the New Star Wars Trailer_](http://time.com/3623085/star-wars-force-awakens-trailer-george-lucas/?xid=time%5Freadnext "undefined") ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/3633647/mark-hamill-luke-skywalker/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/3633647/mark-hamill-luke-skywalker/"},"headline":"Even Mark Hamill Was Surprised by His Return to Luke Skywalker Role","datePublished":"2014-12-15T16:10:31.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-22T02:51:33.957Z","description":"Don't get cocky, kid","url":"https://time.com/3633647/mark-hamill-luke-skywalker/","keywords":["movies","Star Wars topic","mark hamill","The Force Awakens"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt07ffd088ea91736b/69876eb3f887dce9abe8902c/456468080.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Laura Stampler","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/laura-stampler/"}],"articleSection":"Entertainment","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt07ffd088ea91736b/69876eb3f887dce9abe8902c/456468080.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"The Midnight Mission Golden Heart Awards Gala - Arrivals","caption":"The Midnight Mission Golden Heart Awards Gala - Arrivals","creditText":"Tibrina Hobson—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/movies/","name":"movies"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/3633647/mark-hamill-luke-skywalker/","name":"Even Mark Hamill Was Surprised by His Return to Luke Skywalker Role"}}]}] ```