Unrecognized, he chats up passersby, including one guy who wondered if he could borrow Hamill’s outfit for the premiere.
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Because of Mark Hamill’s absence from all the Star Wars: The Force Awakens marketing, fans have been asking, “Where’s Luke Skywalker?”. So I had a good time.
The Star Wars Launch Bay is the centerpiece of the new attractions, boasting artwork, movie memorabilia and replicas, interactive video games and costumed characters. “Look at what I’m eating now instead of potato chips and bagels”, he adds, gesturing to a fruit-and-vegetable plate. To put that figure in perspective, that’s one-quarter of the $20 billion in “Star Wars” revenue the brand has manufactured in total across 38 years. “I was only going to do three of them, so I wanted to use the character to supply some bass notes, some gravitas”.
NEW YORK, NY – DECEMBER 02: Lupita Nyong’o attends Star Wars “Force 4 Fashion” launch event at Skylight Modern on December 2, 2015 in New York City.
‘Nothing changes: it’s an appearance-driven thing. “The thing is, I think it was me that invented it. But he would never admit that!” “They might as well say get younger, because that’s how easy it is”. It features familiar faces like Harrison Ford as Han Solo and Carrie Fisher as Leia, and introduces the new enemy Kylo Ren, played by Adam Driver. Their website also has an online exercise where you can design a LED bulb circuit for your own dress (which I will wear in my dreams).
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Hamill told Rolling Stone that he can’t reveal much about Luke’s plot line, because he has a ‘massive, oppressive sword-of-Damocles NDA (non-disclosure agreement) hanging over my head’. While in uniform, Hamill was encouraging people to donate money for a chance to win an incredible prize: tickets to the new “Star Wars” premiere in L.A., California.
