# SPOILERS: Will Mark Hamill Be Oscar-Nominated? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [December 18, 2017, 4:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spoilers-will-mark-hamill-be-oscar-nominated/804767 "2017-12-18T16:19:22Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 5\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![StusBlues](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/dc4da7/32.png) [@StusBlues](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/StusBlues)\ **Post date:** [December 28, 2017, 7:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spoilers-will-mark-hamill-be-oscar-nominated/804767/21 "2017-12-28T19:01:58Z")
> [@Chronos](#): > > Of course, we don’t actually know that this is the last time Hamill will play Luke Skywalker, either. In fact, it’s quite likely that he will play him again, just with a blue glowy outline. You’re almost certainly right on this. I wonder if Rey will get to meet Yoda this way. Connery was never nominated for playing Bond, but were his BAFTA (_The Name of the Rose_) and Oscar (_The Untouchables_) given entirely on the merits of those roles, or were they a tip of the hat to his recently concluded work in the venerable popular franchise? The Academy does stuff like that from time to time. I haven’t been invested in the Oscars for a while, but I enjoy talking about it from time to time. Kind of like college basketball. ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [December 29, 2017, 6:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spoilers-will-mark-hamill-be-oscar-nominated/804767/22 "2017-12-29T18:17:54Z")
> [@Clothahump](#): > > This. Yep. That’s about how I see it. ---
**Author:** ![StusBlues](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/dc4da7/32.png) [@StusBlues](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/StusBlues)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2018, 4:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spoilers-will-mark-hamill-be-oscar-nominated/804767/23 "2018-01-25T16:55:51Z")
Aaaaand I guess not. Read that one wrong. The scifi/fantasy films did get their due this year, though. _Get Out_ and _The Shape of Water_ both got Picture and Director nods along with a boatload of other noms. Logan nudged in with a Screenplay nomination. Good to see things open up - and to see the genre filmmakers swing big bats. ---
**Author:** ![MovieMogul](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f08c70/32.png) [@MovieMogul](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MovieMogul)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2018, 6:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spoilers-will-mark-hamill-be-oscar-nominated/804767/24 "2018-01-25T18:26:18Z")
This now puts the SW trilogy at 33 total nominations across the franchise. A Tally: 10 - Ep IV 5 - Ep VII 4 - Ep III & VIII 3 - Ep V & I 2 - Rogue One 1 - Ep II & III Only 1 acting nomination: Alec Guinness. ---
**Author:** ![Taber](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ac91a4/32.png) [@Taber](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Taber)\ **Post date:** [January 26, 2018, 12:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spoilers-will-mark-hamill-be-oscar-nominated/804767/25 "2018-01-26T00:57:04Z")
> [@The\_Other\_Waldo\_Pepper](#): > > I’m now picturing a serious-minded Mark Hamill – calm and composed, dignified and matter-of-fact – making a grim effort to get into character by suppressing his solemn and contemplative personality. Are we rolling? Okay, we’re rolling. > > [whiny] > > _But I was gonna go to Tosche Station, to pick up some power converters!_ > > [/whiny] > > “That was almost perfect, Mark. You’ve almost got it right.” I mean, whiny, provincial teenager was what Luke Skywalker was supposed to be at that point in the plot. It isn’t the role with the most nuance, but Mark Hamill delivered what he was asked to. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spoilers-will-mark-hamill-be-oscar-nominated/804767.md?page=1)