{"id":172390,"date":"2019-11-06T22:47:16","date_gmt":"2019-11-06T14:47:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.geek.com\/featured\/-1809517\/"},"modified":"2019-11-06T22:47:16","modified_gmt":"2019-11-06T14:47:16","slug":"learn-jedi-secrets-over-dinner-with-mark-hamill","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/itteacheritfreelance.hk\/test\/wordpress\/2019\/11\/06\/learn-jedi-secrets-over-dinner-with-mark-hamill\/","title":{"rendered":"Learn Jedi Secrets Over Dinner With Mark Hamill"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.geek.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/hamill-1-650x366.jpg?resize=640%2C360&#038;ssl=1\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/p>\n<div class=\"figcaption\">Enter for a chance to join Mark Hamill for dinner and the &#8216;Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker&#8217; premiere. (Photo Credit: Omaze)<\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">There is no length Disney won&#8217;t go to promote <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Star Wars<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, including making <a href=\"https:\/\/www.geek.com\/movies\/mark-hamill-teases-lukes-force-ghost-in-eerie-star-wars-the-rise-of-skywalker-poster-1801604\/\"  rel=\"noopener\">Mark Hamill<\/a> watch his own cringe-inducing audition tape.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">As part of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.omaze.com\/products\/mark-hamill-star-wars\"  rel=\"noopener\">a fundraising campaign<\/a>, the actor enjoyed a personal viewing of the 40-something-year-old video.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&#8220;It wasn&#8217;t easy for me to watch this,&#8221; he tweeted on Tuesday. &#8220;But I suffered through it just for you.&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">And for the USC McMorrow Neighborhood Academic Initiative (NAI)\u2014an organization designed to help prepare underprivileged students for admission to college.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Fans can enter online for the chance to score two tickets to <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> premiere in Los Angeles and dinner with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.geek.com\/culture\/luke-sky-walker-arrest-prompts-hilarious-response-from-mark-hamill-1763904\/\"  rel=\"noopener\">Luke Skywalker<\/a> himself.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&#8220;The best part of all is that every donation benefits NAI,&#8221; Hamill said in the video. &#8220;So hurry up, go to omaze.com\/mark, donate, and may the force be with you.&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Hamill earned his big break in George Lucas&#8217;s <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Star Wars<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> franchise, for which he has reprised his Jedi role five times (including <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Rise of Skywalker<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">).<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"embed\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">It wasn&#39;t easy for me to watch this, (&quot;WHO TALKS LIKE THIS?!&quot;?) but I suffered through it just for you, because it IS a great charity. Love that <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/omaze?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#omaze<\/a> kindly provided subtitles, so you don&#39;t miss a single moronic comment. Will I be seeing YOU at dinner? <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/DiningWithMasterHamster?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#DiningWithMasterHamster<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/B9cytx12lD\">https:\/\/t.co\/B9cytx12lD<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Mark Hamill (@HamillHimself) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/HamillHimself\/status\/1191794047720906752?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">November 5, 2019<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/div>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A mere 25 when the film was released, the now-68-year-old looked back on his humble beginnings with laughter and sneers.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&#8220;I&#8217;m not sure I&#8217;m ready for this,&#8221; he said, before letting nostalgia wash over him like the wave of Yoda&#8217;s wrinkled hand.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">He goes on to reveal that this audition was the first time he met Harrison Ford\u2014&#8221;the personification of cool&#8221;\u2014and that his own &#8220;Beatle-esque&#8221; haircut was the &#8220;biggest thing I contributed to the look of Luke Skywalker.&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In the five-minute video, Hamill confesses to all sorts of behind-the-scenes hijinks, from nitpicking about how to pronounce the name of a Wookie to Carrie Fisher&#8217;s &#8220;effortlessly feminist&#8221; Princess Leia, who made Han and Luke &#8220;look like chumps.&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&#8220;We just had so much fun, running around the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.geek.com\/movies\/mark-hamill-rian-johnson-talk-skywalker-differences-more-star-wars-news-1727359\/\"  rel=\"noopener\">Death Star<\/a>, being trapped in the trash compactor,&#8221; he reminisced. &#8220;There wasn&#8217;t a day that we didn&#8217;t laugh, <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">a lot<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Now it&#8217;s your turn to relive four decades of <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">robots<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> droids, lightsabers, nerfherders, stormtroopers, and whatever else Mark Hamill can remember\u2014all for a good cause.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Enter now for a chance to win.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Increase your odds of attending <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Rise of Skywalker<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> premiere by donating to Omaze&#8217;s other themed contests, featuring <a href=\"https:\/\/www.omaze.com\/products\/adam-driver-star-wars\"  rel=\"noopener\">Adam Driver<\/a> (Kylo Ren) and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.omaze.com\/products\/star-wars-daisy-ridley\"  rel=\"noopener\">Daisy Ridley<\/a> (Rey).<\/span><\/p>\n<p><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">More on Geek.com:<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.geek.com\/movies\/mark-hamill-teases-lukes-force-ghost-in-eerie-star-wars-the-rise-of-skywalker-poster-1801604\/\"  rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Mark Hamill Teases Luke&#8217;s Force Ghost in &#8216;The Rise of Skywalker&#8217; Poster<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.geek.com\/culture\/luke-sky-walker-arrest-prompts-hilarious-response-from-mark-hamill-1763904\/\"  rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Luke Sky Walker Arrest Prompts Hilarious Response from Mark Hamill<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.geek.com\/movies\/mark-hamill-rian-johnson-talk-skywalker-differences-more-star-wars-news-1727359\/\"  rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Mark Hamill, Rian Johnson Talk Skywalker Differences &amp; More Star Wars News<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.geek.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/hamill-1-650x366.jpg\" width=\"650\" height=\"366\"><\/p>\n<div>Enter for a chance to join Mark Hamill for dinner and the &#8216;Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker&#8217; premiere. 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