I remember from the commentary track of Batman Beyond: Return of the Joker how Hamill (after a few false starts) did a pretty nice job of making the new incarnation of the Joker subtly different, yet essentially the same.
You must be mistaken. There was no Holiday Special. It was a dream that many fans happened to have at the same time (not unlike the “it doesn’t DOOO anything” thread). Bea Arthur is in no way connected to the STAR WARS EU, Art Carney was too recent an Oscar winner to schlub as a door to door salesmen having an affair with Chewie’s wife while her senile-father-in-law watched Jefferson Starship, and Boba Fett made his debut in TESB, not in a cartoon.
IT. NEVER. HAPPENED.
You didn’t hear it
You didn’t see it.
You won’t say nothing to no one
ever in your life.
You never heard it
Oh how absurd it
All seems without any proof.
Mark Hamill looks like Paul McCartney and everyone hates McCartney. Everyone hated Kevin Bacon when he did Footloose because he looked like Paul McCartney, but he learned. He got a crop job done on his hair and started to play murderers and paedophiles. Critics and armchair critics are more accepting of these types than of bland nice guys. Especially if they commit the cardinal sin of making a lot of money at the same time.
GRRRRRRR. My rage burns with the fire of an electronic-ignition lighter.
Anyway:
Also, it certainly did not involve Diahann Carroll starring in Wookiee porn. Nor did it involve Harvey Korman in drag playing some sort of Julia Childs with four arms. And there was neither Luke in more makeup than KISS, nor Leia bombed out of her mind while inappropriately touching Chewbacca and singing.
See here for more non-evidence of its non-existence.
Call me crazy (you sure wouldn’t be the first ), but I thought having a whiney Luke was a brilliant piece of characterization. In A New Hope, the guy’s around 16-18 or thereabouts, stuck on a backwards nowhere planet with no friends or buds to hang out with. He’s at the age where he’s still focused largely on himself, hence the whining when Uncle Owen pesters him about the moisturizers. And he’s a hesitant hero for most of the movie because, let’s face it, nobody goes from Regular Joe Schmuck to Fearless Intergalactic Hero in the blink of an eye.
Luke Skywalker’s all-too-imperfect flaws – whine and all – was terrific characterization, and made him a lot easier for the audience to identify with.
I found it kind of suprising myself, to be honest. Maybe the perception is that Hamill doesn’t really give a crap about Star Wars and just goes along with it all for the paycheck. Seems kind of bitchy to me.
I once saw Howard Stern attempting to get Hamill by asking if he still sees Harrison Ford nowadays. With a straight face, Hamill said, “Actually, I saw Harrison just this week.” Then just before Stern could move in for the kill, Hamill continued and said, “Hunt for Red October was on cable.”
I’ve never really noticed any hatred against Hamill, just seen that he’s never really been more than a B-level actor after Star Wars. He seems pretty good natured about the typecasting, but he has certainly kept busy with voice work.
On a somewhat related note, a while back my friends and I were watching “Wizards” for our “weird movies you wouldn’t normally watch” movie night. There’s a little bit part with Sean, leader of the elves (or fairies, or pixies, can’t remember off-hand). We re-wound that three times, trying to determine whether that was actually Mark Hamill’s voice. Turns out it was.
Either you’re misquoting, Hamill messed up, or there’s some incredibly convoluted joke whooshing over my head.
Ford didn’t play Jack Ryan in Red October, Alec Baldwin did.
), but I thought having a whiney Luke was a brilliant piece of characterization. In A New Hope, the guy’s around 16-18 or thereabouts, stuck on a backwards nowhere planet with no friends or buds to hang out with. He’s at the age where he’s still focused largely on himself, hence the whining when Uncle Owen pesters him about the moisturizers. And he’s a hesitant hero for most of the movie because, let’s face it, nobody goes from Regular Joe Schmuck to Fearless Intergalactic Hero in the blink of an eye.
