--- title: Mark Hamill Teases Star Wars: Episode VIII Catchphrases description: Is there any better way to get things going at Star Wars Celebration than by having Luke Skywalker talk about the series? canonical: https://time.com/4407884/mark-hamill-star-wars-episode-viii-catchphrases/ author: Megan McCluskey article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2016-07-15T15:49:40.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T07:34:26.231Z og:title: Mark Hamill Teases New Star Wars: Episode VIII Catchphrases og:description: "He’ll make you forget all about, 'May the Force be with you.'" og:url: https://time.com/4407884/mark-hamill-star-wars-episode-viii-catchphrases/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt86791f22ccb86391/69889c133c16398ed545e0c5/mark-hamill-episode-8.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: Mark Hamill Episode 8 og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Mark Hamill Teases New Star Wars: Episode VIII Catchphrases twitter:description: "He’ll make you forget all about, 'May the Force be with you.'" twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt86791f22ccb86391/69889c133c16398ed545e0c5/mark-hamill-episode-8.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Mark Hamill Reveals That _Star Wars: Episode VIII_ Will Be Full of Brand New Catchphrases  by [Megan McCluskey](https://time.com/author/megan-mccluskey/)  ## Megan McCluskey Staff Writer Jul 15, 2016 3:49 PM UTC  Mark Hamill attends the European Premiere of 'Star Wars: The Force Awakens' at Leicester Square on December 16, 2015 in London, England. Mark Hamill attends the European Premiere of 'Star Wars: The Force Awakens' at Leicester Square on December 16, 2015 in London, England.Anthony Harvey/Getty Images  by [Megan McCluskey](https://time.com/author/megan-mccluskey/)  ## Megan McCluskey Staff Writer Jul 15, 2016 3:49 PM UTC Is there any better way to get things going at [_Star Wars_ Celebration](http://www.starwarscelebration.com) than by having [Luke Skywalker](http://time.com/4242637/luke-skywalker-has-a-bigger-role-in-star-wars-episode-viii-says-daisy-ridley/) talk about the series? [Mark Hamill](http://time.com/4247888/mark-hamill-says-luke-skywalker-could-be-gay/) hosted a Q&A for the annual Lucasfilm festival at London’s ExCel Centre Friday and revealed that — although he can’t give away any specifics — he thinks the dialogue of the upcoming [_Episode VIII_](http://time.com/4329059/star-wars-episode-viii-mystery-and-excitement-surrounds-filming-in-ireland/)is going to blow fans away, reports [_Entertainment Weekly_](http://www.ew.com/article/2016/07/15/mark-hamill-dont-keep-your-star-wars-toys-box). “I was looping _Episode VIII_ yesterday, and there’s dialogue in there, and I thought, ‘Oh boy, I can already see this on a T-shirt,” he said. “\[Writer-director\] Rian Johnson is amazing. He’ll make you forget all about ‘May the Force be with you.’ He’s come up with so many new catchphrases.” The 64-year-old actor also spoke about his role in _The Force Awakens_, explaining that he didn’t know how minor his part was until he read the script. “You should have seen me. What are the very first words in the crawl? ‘Luke Skywalker has vanished,'” Hamill said. “I said, ‘Hoo, this is gonna be _good_!’ I’ll tell you where I thought I came in — in the forest, when the lightsaber \[wiggles\] like this, and flies off. I thought, ‘Oh, what a _great_ entrance! GAH! _Rey_ caught it…? She hasn’t even been to Dagobah for training! What’s the deal?'” _Episode VIII_ is set to hit theaters Dec. 15, 2017. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4407884/mark-hamill-star-wars-episode-viii-catchphrases/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4407884/mark-hamill-star-wars-episode-viii-catchphrases/"},"headline":"Mark Hamill Reveals That Star Wars: Episode VIII Will Be Full of Brand New Catchphrases","datePublished":"2016-07-15T15:49:40.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:34:26.231Z","description":"\"He’ll make you forget all about, 'May the Force be with you.'\"","url":"https://time.com/4407884/mark-hamill-star-wars-episode-viii-catchphrases/","keywords":["Newsfeed","movies","Star Wars topic","mark hamill","Star Wars Episode VIII"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt86791f22ccb86391/69889c133c16398ed545e0c5/mark-hamill-episode-8.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/blt86791f22ccb86391/69889c133c16398ed545e0c5/mark-hamill-episode-8.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Mark Hamill Episode 8","caption":"Mark Hamill attends the European Premiere of 'Star Wars: The Force Awakens' at Leicester Square on December 16, 2015 in London, England.","creditText":"Anthony Harvey/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":"/tag/time-section-newsfeed/","name":"Newsfeed"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4407884/mark-hamill-star-wars-episode-viii-catchphrases/","name":"Mark Hamill Reveals That Star Wars: Episode VIII Will Be Full of Brand New Catchphrases"}}]}] ```