Mark Hamill interview on Star Wars & Carrie Fisher | Unfiltered with James O’Brien #24

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He’s best known as Luke Skywalker, but who was Mark Hamill before he picked up the lightsaber? The Star Wars legend joins James O’Brien for a very special interview, exploring his early love for show business, being cast by George Lucas in the first Star Wars movie, the wild space ride that he, Harrison Ford and Carrie Fisher were all launched on, and passing the torch to a new generation of heroes in The Last Jedi. | JOE.co.uk
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[@tomquinn6549]

I could watch another 3 hours of that. Mark really is so joyful to watch

[@KipKrusty]

I agree. He’s so down to earth and grateful for his success.

[@danielhaynes2373]

Absolutely LOVE Mark Hamill's almost child-like enthusiasm. I've watched several of his public appearances and he's always the same...refreshingly open and letting it all hang out. No facade(s). Utmost respect for this man. Great interview, Mr. O'Brien! Thank you, sir!

[@superjoule6277]

That's my childhood hero right there. I was bullied so much as a child, and Luke Skywalker always brightened my day up. Thank you Mark, for all the good times you brought me in times of darkness.

[@markcarey67]

Impossible not to love this guy. He is aware of the luck he has had in his life. Has gratitude but has also worked really hard at his craft and made himself one of the best voice actors in the business.

[@danielwebb8402]

He is always so positive. Love him.

[@graemeadams3890]

MArk Hamill is a class act all the way!

[@tuor6394]

Best guest ever.

[@TheCaptainSlappy]

And a darned good interviewer too.

[@Jucelegario]

he looks sort of normal, he probably drinks soy but because he started a couple of years ago and he is in his 40s, it doesn't affect him so much lol

[@Jucelegario]

but his normality is a breath of fresh air among entertainment interviewers, for which 98% of them are freaks.

[@colorin81colorado]

@@Jucelegario true

[@hecate235]

I've watched many of Mark's interviews over the years. Joe asked more questions about his childhood and early career than I've heard before. And true to form, Mark didn't blow them off. He answered honestly and completely. Hollywood couldn't seem to see him in any other role than "Luke." I'm glad he did Broadway, and has made a careet our his first love, voice over. His Joker is fabulous! Creepy and funny. And the many laughs he's put together...

[@captainkev10]

Mark Hamill interviews are always a treat.

[@shaundaly1134]

Mark Hamill is a modern Hollywood Star in the best sense. I have so much respect for him.

[@andrewgood4230]

I've been a fan of Mark since 1977. I've watched and read hundreds of interviews with him and this is among the very best, and probably the most insightful.

[@treintaydiez]

My sentiments exactly. Fan since 1977 too

[@Dancestar1981]

treintaydiez I’ve been a fan since 1985 when I first saw the original cut of A New Hope on tv an dvd

[@user-pt2iv2ge1r]

Good you got Luke Hamill on here

[@MrIvarlira]

I must go to bed,but I simply can't stop watching this!

[@kerayzieart]

Beautifully brilliant interview! Wonderfully executed. One of the best interviews of Mark I have seen. Thank you.

[@treintaydiez]

Superb interview. Intelligent and insightful. Loved it. Glad a smart man like Mark Hamill has been granted an interview of this calibre

[@terradisiena]

Fantastic interview, love that the interviewer doesn't interrupts too often abd let the man talk. Hamill is,such a joy, I could listen to him for hours.

[@rajack1]

I Love listening to Mark Hamill's interview he's open honest and real.

[@themichealproject20]

He looks and sounds more like Luke Skywalker in this interview than the whole of his role in Ep. 8 which is no fault of his own. Brilliant, insightful interview Mr. Hamill. Love you man!

[@nicholsonfile]

Well, he's not Dark Vader's son in this interview.

[@zorn1745]

Jordan Smith :/

[@HighFlyingEYE]

mark hamill is a bonafide legend and at the end of the day he is just a fan like the rest if us and so humble

[@landontakeamericaback2106]

One of the best actors out there. I hope he gets more movie to do.

[@davidevans3227]

Thankyou Joe and james O'Brian.. i love mark hamil, he's such a good talker, (good actor/performer too of course) ..seems so genuine and down to earth..

[@uhlsport036]

Brilliant interview

[@nickjones9867]

Wow, James is really listening. He usually interjects a fair amount. Not that I mind it usually, but I think he took the right interview technique for this one.

[@Flippokid]

I don't think it's so much a deliberate technique. When Mark talks you can't help but listen.

[@treintaydiez]

HAHAHAHAHAHAHA....True, I was going to say something of that sort

[@alezandercorben4122]

Such a wonderful person. I could listen to Mark all day.

[@death-king1834]

I'm gonna be honest here, while I can understand the impact Luke has had on people and Mark is beloved for the role and what not. But I honestly have come to like Mark more for his voice work for characters such as the Joker then really his role as Luke Skywalker. Mainly cause while he played the role well, and ultimately the role was written and developed well I've always just viewed Luke as the staple token protagonist character. Similar to how Merlin from the Arthur legend is ultimately the character archetype for the wise old mentor character that so many other stories have drawn upon when writing the wise mentor character whether it be Obi-Wan, Gandalf or Dumbledore.

[@Gary_Lifts]

Mark seems like a really good guy and passionate as well. I hope the new star wars movies show us more about his character

[@linkfan160]

I'm so glad that this guy asked him so many questions about his childhood. I'm learning some deep, personal stuff about Mark that I wouldn't have known otherwise. And I thought I knew everything about him!

[@JOE_co_uk]

Great stuff!

[@wysad3]

Mark just comes across as so balanced and a really good person.

[@Melsharpe95]

Perfectly balanced, as all Jedi should be.

[@rde4017]

Fantastic stuff. You've gotta love our Mark and James was giddy as a school boy! 😂

[@jdraven0890]

Fantastic guest, fantastic interview

[@napoleoninrags1346]

I love you, Mark Hamill.

[@LesterBrunt]

And I am so fucking glad that I saw the OT as a child. I remember it so clearly. It had to be 1995 or something, I was about 7 years old and my parents left me home alone and there was a Star Wars marathon on tv. I think I watched all 3 back to back, and I believe it was before all the bs editions. I didn’t known what it was but it had space ships and laser swords, that is all I needed to know. And I was all alone, no parents to guide me through it or spoil the good parts. I saw the “I am your father” without knowing or having heard about that scene. I am so glad I got to experience that.

[@danrkelly]

Bloody brilliant James.

[@trevorrandom]

Fantastic really made my day ☺

[@CarbonTactics]

Fantastic interview. Mark's performnace in TLJ is one of the main reasons why I love that film

[@SuperHns]

.... lmao TLJ is terrible mate

[@CarbonTactics]

Diurno MX *in your opinion

[@SuperHns]

CarbonTactics nope. In my opinion I want to like it. But objectively it is a bad film.

[@CarbonTactics]

Diurno MX Objectively? Really? Every major review site appears to disagree...as do I. So yes...it is your opinion.

[@SuperHns]

CarbonTactics review sites can be influenced by the corporate. Look at the user score on Rotten 🍅 not all of them are angry fanboys

[@LukeJamesActor]

He tells these stories like he's telling them for the first time. He's so generous when he does a podcast.

[@starwarsjunkie7777]

Thank you for asking fresh questions about Mark's family. What a treat to learn some new stuff for a change!

[@picard-xw3km]

This is great. Mark Hamill rocks ! Thanks for uploading this.

[@Dancestar1981]

I love Marks Harrison impersonation

[@xshadionytpx7891]

this makes me cry

[@sherwarlock]

I could listen to Mark's stories for hours. Such a great guy

[@egalen4273]

Sooo good!!

[@lukeskywalker6809]

LIVING LEGEND.

[@tachiebillano6244]

What is it about Mark Hamill that makes him so entertaining to listen to? My goodness. Every interview he’s on, it’s like you’re drawn to the memory he’s recounting and you just follow him no matter how long his speech is. He’s a natural storyteller.

[@lonboomer8147]

a true inspiration

[@RyllenKriel]

Great interview, Mark Hamill seems like such a cool guy. One thing I wish interviewers would ask him about was if he had ever seen the copywrite infringing mess that was Turkish Star Wars. I'm sure his reaction to seeing it would be hilarious.

[@andrewgoddard6005]

Superb, I'm so glad I found these chats, watched everyone some even twice. But this is the 🍒 on the cake so far. Keep up the good work Mr O'Brien

[@GuinessOriginal]

Andrew Goddard icing on the cake, cherry on top

[@JOE_co_uk]

Thanks Andrew! Glad you're enjoying it!

[@treintaydiez]

I couldn't agree more

[@oliviagiles]

I LOVE Mark Hamill, this guy he's wonderful xxx

[@mobspeak]

The thing that's great about Mark, is that even when he has no idea where the interviewer is going with a question, he still figures out a way to answer him.

[@daytonafalls]

Mark Hamill is an A+ guy

[@Red_Number_Golf]

Mark Hamill is the truth.

[@oni101]

Dear Mark, I LOVED your "space movie" when I saw it in the theater at the age of 14, 41 years ago. I understand contractual obligations. Thank you for fighting for Luke and for trying. Yoda was wrong, there is a try. May the force, and the fans, be with you always. OH yeah, that WAS a really cool Corvette too.

[@Dancestar1981]

Yeti I love Mark Hamill in the Wing Commander Series computer games too

[@lylejames965]

Dancestar1981 no, I like mark hamill as well but there is a line.....

[@kevindoc84]

thank you for the interview

[@ikenosis8160]

Mark Hamill on The Joe Rogan Experience please!

[@bdm1000]

Mark Hamill is obviously one of the most talented guys in Hollywood. Harrison Ford wasn't type casted, why was Mark's opportunities so limited? Consider his range, his insight, his enthusiasm.

[@kevcatnip7589]

he didnt stay up spielbergs arse ,,,,took chances

[@offroadskater]

Modems. That killed me. And I'm also old.

[@Roper122]

Best part about Mark Hamill... he manages to let everyone know what a terrible job Rian Johnson did, while appearing to say how good he is. Genius.

[@splashnskillz37]

Roper122 then genuialy asks his fans to like it and everybody hate it 😑, fuck y'all

[@TheChadPad]

Yeah, he isn't genuinely asking that

[@CocoHornsby1864]

"There's always an upside, and I try and find it" I'm going to do that from now on. :)

[@MrAkgunner84]

Absolute quality

[@fightermma]

Only 3:12 in and the interview is so good. Such a lovely man alhamdulilah.

[@shelbysawyer9675]

Kick in the proverbials? That's brilliant mate...

[@techtipsuk]

Lovely bloke, great interview, interesting questions and more importantly let’s the guest answer without talking over them.

[@TheyCallMeJesse]

Mark Hamill - love this guy

[@rovo7249]

I really enjoyed the interview. Good job.

[@Fugettaboutit]

Harrison Ford impersonation FTW

[@MrPhilreilly]

Great episode

[@AvengerII]

On Hamill and association with Star Wars => "At least I'm associated with something positive that brought people happiness. It's not like I'm known as the guy who played the best version of Charles Manson!" Um... Did he forget he's played The Joker for over 25 years in animation and videogame voiceovers? Okay, I'll give him this -- At least The Joker leaves people dying laughing! I can't recall anybody who was left happy by any other other serial killer/homicidal maniac.

[@darrenccwong]

This is such a sublime interview....thanks for this

[@thehh5118]

Nice!

[@camcordernonsense5264]

I remember a lot of people (who just didn't know) saying, "what happened to Mark Hamill? He stopped acting?" seems like an actor's visual presence has to be a screen. Film or television. Voice over work or stage is easily overlooked by many people.

[@DEUXSantos]

Mark has achieved immortality in the hearts of his fans.

[@davebooshty299]

27:31 Tim Selleck couldnt get out of Magnum P.I. (:

[@TheMdog8]

Thoroughly, thoroughly lovely bloke

[@HalfEatenMedia]

Mark is the best. Wish they respected his character and ideas for episode 8 but he was great in it.

[@monkeytron6858]

Luke Skywalker was the least lame goodie of all time.

[@mrcristaldo]

Such an inspiration!

[@RepomanPro]

Fantastic interview. Mark You clearly love your craft of creating interesting character for the masses. What was your favorite character? And what character should you like to play? Thanks Original fan 7 in 1977

[@gennarocavainolo8488]

He is so much more gracious than Harrison Ford...it bugs me a bit that Ford seems to be grumpy about everything.

[@agentblackacid]

Gennaro Cavainolo True. Hamill is a great people person. But Ford is an actor, not a public speaker or a talk show guest so he owes you nothing.

[@gennarocavainolo8488]

I beg to differ. Him being crotchety makes me not want to see his movies. Thus studios lose ticket sales. It really doesn't take much to be gracious in a controlled interview.

[@agentblackacid]

Gennaro Cavainolo You decide to see movies based on press junkets, adverts and talk shows? Meh. It's like the age old adage, "never meet your idols". He's not a performing monkey. People these days expect the moon on a stick... judge the artist by their art.

[@samwoodson9603]

I think you got to understand that Star Wars was never really in Ford's field of interest. Mark grew up as a kid who was into fantasy and comic books. Harrison was only in the audition room for Star Wars to help read during other actors' auditions. He was really just doing a solid for his friend George. So it was always just something Harrison fell into that ended up blowing up more than he ever expected. I can understand him not having a huge attachment to it.

[@gennarocavainolo8488]

It doesn't have to be your field of interest to be GRACIOUS about something that gave you a career. I don't expect him to jump through hoops but even in interviews where Ford is supposedly promoting the project he is ornery about it. HE was paid well to do the role AND to do the press. Its not like I'm pissed at him or anything but yeah..i probably won't go see anything else he stars in other than the new Indiana Jones.

[@CarSVernon]

I can recite his but we cant turn back speech too by now lol

[@LesterBrunt]

Mark Hamill is such a nice guy.

[@JurgenKrace]

Such a nice person! I could watch this forever! :-) After I saw 1977 movie (as a 5 years old boy), i was really upset that I dont have blonde hair :-)

[@efcdk92]

Great interview. I love Han Solo.

[@christinamcilwaine350]

Great interview should have Rob Paulsen and Randy Rogel on the show that would be great to watch

[@Paulotron]

Boycott Solo!! over 30 years I waited !! for what? May the true force be with you!! together we can win this!! it's the story not the people........

[@johnnyrainbow50]

I agree with killing off Snoke because he was a made-up character by JJ, who was just a poor mans Emperor. A very good twist than just having this trilogy completely copy the plot and story arch of the original trilogy. The killing of Luke Skywalker was completely unnecessary. You hear so many people in comments say 'oh he could come back as a force ghost'. Forget that, he should just return in general. It's pretty obvious that the original ending did not have Luke dying but because of his open criticism before the release of the film they politically had him killed off. The original director of the 9th film wanted to have Luke be a huge part of the last film.

[@Flippokid]

No, they wanted to kill him off in 8 from the start. There are a couple articles that confirm that. Killing of Snoke makes sense from that point of view. But he could have accepted the challenge to actually deliver a great character, or at least make it a better one than he did. I actually like the mindmelting he does with Rey and Kylo, but he's just such an asshole to his underlings that it completely ruins him.

[@Dancestar1981]

johnnyrainbow50 take a look at Ivan Ortega’s cut of Episode 8 Luke Skywalker lives

[@colorin81colorado]

@@Dancestar1981 finally some one who sees TLJ for what it was... garbage! I still have a lot of respect for Mark Hamill!

[@darthmong7196]

Imagine if TFA started with the first 5 minutes of ROS.

[@camcordernonsense5264]

I wish I had time to get some warm milk, my favorite blanket and a pillow so Mark can read me to sleep. Even if it's the local phone book.

[@jfc4798]

Wow...Luke Skywalker rocking the Wallabees...What a don

[@Camino865]

Is that Underdog? PUT THAT ON A T-SHIRT UNDERDOG

[@rodgerwesterik2952]

yep say no more a true star well done best guest ever total bromance going on in a non freaky way

[@iantanner7579]

a great human-being ~ thanks for the memories, star wars was my life during the 70s and early 80s. - amazing interview, bravo James

[@brianaple]

Near the end Mark says just prior to shooting they still hadn't decided between two sets of lead actors. Does anyone know who the other set of actors were?

[@johnnypennington5432]

One of the few actors I would love to meet

[@adamwayne6476]

I have been mourning the treatment of Luke in TLJ. Hearing about Mark’s attitude towards life is far more inspiring than Luke. Hope to get to shake your hand some day buddy!

[@ChubbyChecker182]

Surely this is only part 1, right ?

[@lukalikedonovan5333]

You can hear the joker in him hahaha

[@notmystarwars5720]

Nothing about joker? Come on dude, he's the best joker.

[@MaddieFrankX]

He is the genuine voice of the joker. Other guys, as good as they might be, are knockoffs of the joker.

[@DreamsOfLegend]

Mark is SUCH a positive great energy guy.... Man the director of The Last Jedi really screwed his character up

[@stefan1632]

JarJar sucked but Luke giving up just hurts as the Jedi just don't do that.

[@sheep3370]

@@stefan1632 So that's why Obi Wan and Yoda went on the run while the empire took over

[@Locationary]

@@sheep3370 yes but luke was different t obi wan and yoda. He saw vadar could be saved yet for some reason doesn't think ben solo can be?

[@sheep3370]

@@Locationary It's a little different when he is the one directly responsible for his fall and everything getting screwed up all over again

[@kalodawg8297]

@@sheep3370 His actions in the Last Jedi don't make any fcking sense. His character goes from "Oh yeah, my father, the second most evil person in the universe must still have some good in him" to "Oh, my nephew showed just a little bit of evil, let's kill him". He's a character who according to the original movies values family above everything and would never give up on it, would never betray it. That is luke skywalker - the paragon of optimism and hope. The paragon of optimist and hope decides there's no hope for his own nephew who's just a child? Fcking hell Rian Johnson completely fucked up the story. It's as if the story was written by a child who had no prior knowledge of the Star Wars universe. The characters all act out of character, betray their traits with no possible logical explanation; there are a ton of plot holes in all of the movie; the characters, both Empire and Resistance generals, all act as if they had absolutely 0 military knowledge, heck, they don't even have common sense. This movie was a complete fuck up and people who can't see this are: a) just in denial OR b) they have 0 knowledge of how people act in real life OR c) have no idea what's good writing, with good logical character development and logical character decisions

[@doc-holliday-]

I wish i could take back the money i spent on last jedi and give it to this interview instead.

[@fightermma]

Lol I love how psychology works. I am also from a sibling group of 7 like Mark. I resonate with him. Maybe it's because we have things in common.

[@hpotternut]

how the hell could 17 people give this a thumbs down :/

[@hpotternut]

now its 27