When I found you,
I saw raw,
untamed bella.
And beyond that...
something
truly special.
First of all, this is a, a genuine honor to meet you, because I think if it wasn't for you,
I wouldn't be here, because Star Wars was the first film I ever saw when I was five years old, and now to me just
Insane, but I digress.
What is it like to be back? I mean, this time for real?
Well, the whole thing is so unexpected. George (Lucas) specifically said "I'm tired. I don't want to do these movies when I'm in my 70s."
"I'm not going to do 7, 8, 9." This was, you know, back when he was doing the prequels, whenever that was.
1999, 2000, whatever.
So, when he said "I want to have a meeting",
I thought, "well, something's up." And my wife said, "what if he wants to do another trilogy?"
And I just laughed. I said he told us specifically he doesn't want to do that. I said it's probably gonna...
I don't know. Maybe that's something to do with the plan. There was a talk of a television series,
there was talk of releasing the original films in 3D. Whatever it was, I thought it would be something of a
promotional, on a promotional level, so when he said,
"I'm turning over the Lucasfilm to Cathy and they wanted to do another trilogy." Now, I'm good at poker face, I
Just was like this.
Inside, I was like "what?"
But I didn't give it away.
Carrie immediately went "I'm in!"
Later I said, "Carrie, poker face. Don't you know how anxious you are to do it?"
She said, "Mark. What kind of parts are there for women over 50 in Hollywood?". As usual,
She was always right, but oh my gosh. Well. It's, it's indescribable.
Getting the band back together and going out on them tour. I never expected it to be happening. I'm loving every minute of it.
Except for now, of course. I kid.
It's time for the Jedi
to end.
One line of the trailer, is the "Jedi must end", I know that you can't get into detail.
But when you read that line, what was your initial reaction?
Well, I was stunned. Luke was the most optimistic character. He's the one that represented hope.
So, I thought, what could have happened between Return of the Jedi and now, that he would be like this?
Listen,
they put doubt out on the trailer, because I thought for the most part the trailers going along and they're showing all the visuals
and so forth, but they're not telling you the story. -That's what I love about it
Yeah, and that's the only plot element. They revealed which is
pivotal. It's like, it's the most important aspect of my return, because you thought you have to
imagine, "What kind of trauma as he experienced that he would become this?"
Embittered hermit. Oh.
You know, I mean, it might, everyone to expect my first line to be, "I told you to get off my Island."
I've seen this raw strength only once before.
It didn't scare me enough then.
It does now.
Speaking of the island, a lot of people were wondering
what Luke was up to, the last... twenty years, maybe thirty years?
And apparently, Luke did have a Twitter account.
Because, I went looking for Luke,
And I found a Twitter account. -You did?
Called @verylonelyluke. - Oh, that's hilarious.
And I brought some tweets. -Okay, great.
I'd love you to read them out. - Sure.
Can I hand them to you?
Yes. You know, I've seen this, this account.
I've liked him many times.
I played Hungry Hungry Hippos today.
I worked one hippo with each hand.
I worked the other two hippos with the Force.
I'm so lonely it hurts.
The only guest at my birthday party this year were a bunch of empty chairs.
Just kidding. I don't have any chairs.
This guy's billion.
I'm not even hiding. I accidentally blocked my keys in my X-wing. Someone, please find me.
I have a pet. His name is Rocky.
He is a rock.
I forgot to feed him.
He died.
Why do I always watch the ocean? I'm guarding against the greatest enemy of
civilization:
Gungans. If they show up, I'll kill them all
What are Gungans? -Jar Jar Binks is raised.
Oh...
Okay
That's even funnier now.
You are heading into trouble.
Okay, I'm glad it's...
...comedy for the hard to understand. Okay.
I'm gonna stand in this spot and stare at the ocean for 20 years so I can turn around
dramatically if someone ever shows up.
Okay, here's the last one.
I slept through my alarm this morning. I got a late start on staring at the ocean for hours on end.
I hope I didn't miss anything
This guy, he's very dry.
Yes, I really love his sense of humor. -Thank you so much.
This was literally one of the greatest moments in my entire life
Oh, isn't that nice of you to say. Thanks so much.
I need someone
to show me my place in all this.