Street in San Diego Named After Mark Hamill

Luke Skywalker himself will now forever be connected to San Diego, California. That's because over the weekend city leaders dedicated a street in honor of actor Mark Hamill.  A street is now named after him in Clairemont – the very neighborhood Hamill spent several years of his childhood in the 1960s.

Mark Hamill tweeted out photos of the large event(below), and the unveiling of "Mark Hamill Drive."

Hamill visited his old neighborhood for the street dedication ceremony. Hamill attended Hale Junior High School in Clairemont in the early 1960s, lived with his family in the 5900 block of Castleton Drive at the time. Hamill came from a military family so he moved a lot, Hamill said he went to nine schools in 12 years. But he spent the longest amount of time in San Diego.  At the ceremony he said:

"Part of me is honored because the community reached out to make me a part of something I've wanted for so long - a sense of place," Hamill told the crowd. "I don't really have a hometown, but if I could pick a hometown it would certainly be San Diego."

Hamill said when he first heard a street was being renamed after him he thought he was being pranked.

In a statement to the city, Hamill said he was deeply moved by the gesture.

"I'm humbled and so touched by the kindness of the people from my old neighborhood in Clairemont who approved of it and made it happen,” Hamill said in a statement to the City of San Diego. “I've always loved San Diego and lived some of the happiest years of my life there. To have their support means the world to me.”

Now all San Diego needs to do is open up a gas station on Mark Hamill Drive and name it "Tosche Station."

You CAN go home again-Great 2 be welcomed home 2 my old neighborhood by the best fans EVER! Thanks @CityofSanDiego @chrisjcate Love U ALL-mh pic.twitter.com/Z12P8MkbXW

— Mark Hamill (@HamillHimself) July 31, 2017