Mark Hamill takes another swipe at Luke Skywalker’s treatment by the Star Wars sequels

So, is it just us, or did Mark Hamill just throw more shade at The Last Jedi and how his character, Luke Skywalker, was treated in the Disney Star Wars sequel trilogy?

When the season finale of The Mandalorian Season 2 aired in December, the star took to Twitter and thanked showrunners Dave Filoni and Jon Favreau, saying it was an unexpected surprise and a very welcome one:

Sometimes the greatest gifts are the most unexpected and something you never realized you wanted until it was given.#ThankYouJonAndDave 🙏 pic.twitter.com/4nNjSvbvIN

— Mark Hamill (@HamillHimself) December 30, 2020

Now, many – including us – noticed that the thank you did not include Kathleen Kennedy and, among all the rumours of a division at Lucasfilm, some speculated this was not by accident as Hamill has not been secretive about his disdain for what Kennedy and Rian Johnston did to Luke in The Last Jedi. But it was also dismissed by many and we put it to the back of our minds.

However, on January 15th, director of the Mandalorian finale (and the Ant-man movies) Peyton Reed took to Twitter and praised Hamill and Luke Skywalker, and just how important a character Luke was and still is to so many people, then, in response to the tweet, Hamill thanked him for all he did (you can read the interaction here):

Dear @MrPeytonReed,

I am so grateful to have been given the unexpected opportunity to revisit my character when he was still a symbol of hope & optimism.

Your assured direction & kindness was a crucial element in the experience & means more to me than I can say.#ThankYOU🙏 https://t.co/yNngOQdJRS

— Mark Hamill (@HamillHimself) January 16, 2021

Hamill’s writing that he was grateful for the “opportunity to revisit my character when he was still a symbol of hope & optimism” is clearly a jab at what happened to Luke in Star Wars Episode VIII and how he’s glad that he was given a chance to once again portray the character as the Jedi many of us grew up loving – and if anyone ever tells you Luke doesn’t matter, I recommend giving this video a watch and let me assure you, I know many fans who reacted just this way when he appeared in The Mandalorian finale.

So, a blatant ignoring of Kathleen Kennedy and then a jibe at the travesty his character became in the sequel trilogy? I think there’s little doubt Hamill feels the way the majority of fans do about how Luke was treated over the last few years. But it really feels that Favreau and Filoni have what it takes to remind us not of the crazy old man drinking from an alien’s udder but rather the hero that helped form a generation.

Thoughts? I want to hear them, guys.