--- title: Star Wars: Mark Hamill Hung Out With Superfan Jacob Tremblay description: Star Wars fans come in all shapes and sizes, including adorable 10-year-old Oscar-nominated movie stars like Jacob Tremblay. canonical: https://time.com/4820033/star-wars-mark-hamill-jacob-tremblay-photos/ author: Megan McCluskey article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2017-06-15T16:35:21.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-08-19T07:44:34.132Z og:title: Mark Hamill Hung Out With the Most Adorable Star Wars Superfan og:description: Mark and the Oscar-nominated child actor "geeked out, big time, don't even care" og:url: https://time.com/4820033/star-wars-mark-hamill-jacob-tremblay-photos/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt730b8d37ff3511dd/6988d1cecf40a8ee7cc4822c/mark-hamill-jacob-tremblay.jpg?branch=production&width=481&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 481 og:image:height: 271 og:image:alt: 2017 Los Angeles Film Festival - Opening Night Premiere Of Focus Features' "The Book Of Henry" - Arrivals og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Mark Hamill Hung Out With the Most Adorable Star Wars Superfan twitter:description: Mark and the Oscar-nominated child actor "geeked out, big time, don't even care" twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt730b8d37ff3511dd/6988d1cecf40a8ee7cc4822c/mark-hamill-jacob-tremblay.jpg?branch=production&width=481&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Mark Hamill Hung Out With _Star Wars_ Superfan Jacob Tremblay and It Was Adorable > Sponsored content. 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Every edition is assembled by TIME editors rather than generated automatically.  by [Megan McCluskey](https://time.com/author/megan-mccluskey/)  ## Megan McCluskey Staff Writer Jun 15, 2017 4:35 PM UTC  Mark Hamill and Jacob Tremblay arrive at the 2017 Los Angeles Film Festival on June 14, 2017 in Culver City, California. Mark Hamill and Jacob Tremblay arrive at the 2017 Los Angeles Film Festival on June 14, 2017 in Culver City, California. Gregg DeGuire/WireImage  by [Megan McCluskey](https://time.com/author/megan-mccluskey/)  ## Megan McCluskey Staff Writer Jun 15, 2017 4:35 PM UTC [_Star Wars_](http://time.com/4661969/star-wars-the-last-jedi-everything-we-know/) fans come in all shapes and sizes, including adorable 10-year-old Oscar-nominated movie stars like [Jacob Tremblay](http://time.com/4204630/jacob-tremblay-meets-leonardo-dicaprio/). So when the _Room_ actor showed up to the premiere of his latest film, _The Book of Henry_, at the 2017 Los Angeles Film Festival Wednesday night, he was understandably excited to run into Luke Skywalker himself, [Mark Hamill](http://time.com/4765473/star-wars-mark-hamill-pranks-fans/). Tremblay shared several photos of the pair’s red carpet meeting on Twitter following the event, thanking Hamill for taking the time to hang out with him. “Geeked out, big time, don’t even care,” he captioned the shots. “Thank you \[Mark Hamill\] for chatting with me!” > [](https://twitter.com/JacobTremblay/status/875202408850313219) Tremblay has previously showcased his _Star Wars_ fandom by dubbing his new puppy Rey — an homage to the galaxy far, far away heroine played by Daisy Ridley — following a 2016 Twitter naming contest for the furry addition to his family. > [](https://twitter.com/JacobTremblay/status/718984261009707009) ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4820033/star-wars-mark-hamill-jacob-tremblay-photos/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4820033/star-wars-mark-hamill-jacob-tremblay-photos/"},"headline":"Mark Hamill Hung Out With Star Wars Superfan Jacob Tremblay and It Was Adorable","datePublished":"2017-06-15T16:35:21.000Z","dateModified":"2026-08-19T07:44:34.132Z","description":"\"Geeked out, big time, don't even care\"","url":"https://time.com/4820033/star-wars-mark-hamill-jacob-tremblay-photos/","keywords":["Newsfeed","movies","celebrities","Star Wars","mark hamill"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt730b8d37ff3511dd/6988d1cecf40a8ee7cc4822c/mark-hamill-jacob-tremblay.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/blt730b8d37ff3511dd/6988d1cecf40a8ee7cc4822c/mark-hamill-jacob-tremblay.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"2017 Los Angeles Film Festival - Opening Night Premiere Of Focus Features' \"The Book Of Henry\" - Arrivals","caption":"Mark Hamill and Jacob Tremblay arrive at the 2017 Los Angeles Film Festival on June 14, 2017 in Culver City, California.","creditText":"Gregg DeGuire/WireImage","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/4820033/star-wars-mark-hamill-jacob-tremblay-photos/","name":"Mark Hamill Hung Out With Star Wars Superfan Jacob Tremblay and It Was Adorable"}}]}] ```