George Lucas‘ upcoming, newly announced Star Wars trilogy may feature the continuing adventures of Luke Skywalker in his 30s or 40s, but Mark Hamill will likely not be a part of the fun. Nonetheless, Lucas star down with the actor last summer to brief him on his upcoming plans for the series and Entertainment Weekly has some details on the conversation. Although Hamill “had no idea” that Lucasfilm would be sold to Disney, he did know that a new set of films were coming. Check out his quote below, when asked if he knew about this new trilogy.

Yeah, last August, he asked Carrie [Fisher] and I to have lunch with him and we did. I thought he was going to talk about either his retirement or the Star Wars TV series that I’ve heard about — which I don’t think we were going to be involved in anyway, because that takes place between the prequels and the ones we were in and, if Luke were in them, he’d be anywhere from a toddler to a teenager so they’d get an age-appropriate actor — or the 3-D releases. So when he said, “We decided we’re going to do Episodes VII, VIII, and IX,” I was just gobsmacked. “What? Are you nuts?!” [Laughs]

I can see both sides of it. Because in a way, there was a beginning, a middle, and an end and we all lived happily ever after and that’s the way it should be — and it’s great that people have fond memories, if they do have fond memories. But on the other hand, there’s this ravenous desire on the part of the true believers to have more and more and more material. It’s one of those things: people either just don’t care for it or are passionate about it. I guess that defines what cult movies are all about. We’ll see. I’m anxious to know what’s going on, but the main story [yesterday] was the sale to Disney. I have mixed feelings about that, but they haven’t done badly by Marvel and the Muppets and Pixar. It’s one of those big decisions that at first seems unusual but then the more you look at it, the more it makes sense.

He added that he has no idea on where the story may go, but that he was already talking about writers back then and knew he wouldn’t direct the new films. While Hamill will likely not be involved, we do have a hint of an upcoming project. We recently got the news that Matthew Vaughn was letting Bryan Singer take on X-Men: Days of Future Past and the Kick-Ass helmer was instead re-teaming with Mark Millar on an adaptation of Secret Service. Millar, as per usual, has spilled some beans on potential casting. In the comic book, Hamill amounts to what is a cameo role but he reportedly has agreed to appear and you can see Millar’s tweet below and an except from the comic (via CBM) below.

 

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