Mark Hamill

Now we’re talking about the big hitters who we weren’t sure would return for this trilogy, but it looks as though all three of the main stars of the original trilogy will be coming back, beginning with Luke Skywalker himself.

Mark Hamill hasn’t really done much since the Star Wars films – aside from appear as The Joker in Batman: The Animated Series and assorted video games – because audiences identified him with the role of Luke Skywalker too much and wouldn’t take him seriously. This has mainly limited his acting to Broadway plays and TV shows, so it probably isn’t really all that surprising that he was eager to be involved with this again.