Mark Hamill Addresses His Return as Luke Skywalker in THE MANDALORIAN Season 2 Finale
The season finale of Lucasfilm’s The Mandalorian blew the minds of Star Wars fans everywhere when Luke Skywalker showed up at the end of the series answering Grogu’s call. A lot of fans speculated that Skywalker would show up, but when he actually did, when I saw him fighting his way through those Dark Troopers, I lost my shit! It was such a glorious moment in the Star Wars franchise.
Well, shortly after the season finale aired, Mark Hamill addressed his return as Luke Skywalker on Twitter. In his first tweet, he thanks Jon Favreau and Dave Filoni for what he did and added, “Sometimes the greatest gifts are the most unexpected and something you never realized you wanted until it was given.”
He went on to talk about the reactions from fans, saying, “#NoWords-Seeing fan's reactions to Luke's return is something I will cherish forever. Their anticipation seeing the X-Wing/Ep. 6 Robes/a lightsaber/a GREEN lightsaber/a gloved hand/an ungloved hand/a Force choke/R2-was OVERWHELMING & very moving to me. I'm a fan myself, so I knew true fans would love it, but to see them thrilled beyond belief with the exuberance of children, whooping it up, screaming in ecstasy, the tears of sheer joy...it's a rollercoaster of emotions I'll never forget. #I_LOVE_UPFs”
You can check out Hamill’s tweets below:
It seems like Hamill was more excited about this little, but epic Luke Skywalker appearance than anything that he did in the Star Wars sequel trilogy. I think most of the fans feel that way as well.
Now we’ll just have to wait and see how Skywalker will continue to be utilized in this latest Star Wars story arc. The fact that he now has Grogu and that he will be training him, there’s no way we’ve seen the last of these two characters. We just don’t know when, where, or how they’ll show up again.