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Mark Hamill discusses the legacy of Star Wars

Mark Newbold
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Head on over to Parade as Mark Hamill discusses the legacy of Star Wars and his experiences with the saga over the past forty years.

I love the multigenerational appeal of the movies. Kids who grew up with the original trilogy are now adults passing their love of Star Wars down to their kids. For me, it’s been a relief to come back and show young people the way I look now. For years, parents have been pushing their children toward me at airports saying, “Look! It’s Luke Skywalker!” and all the kids see is this elderly man and they don’t understand. It’s healthy for kids to see us the way we are now. It’s also better for me. I didn’t want to spend my senior citizen years frightening young children.

For more Star Wars content, check out the latest issue of Parade magazine.

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Mark Newbold
Mark Newbold
Exploring the galaxy since 1978, Mark wrote his first fan fiction in '81 and has been a presence online since webpage Fanta War in 1996. He is the EiC and Daily Content Manager of Fantha Tracks and currently contributes to ILM.com, SkywalkerSound.com, Star Wars – Das Offizielle Magazin, Journal of the Whills and Starburst Magazine, having previously contributed to magazines Star Wars Insider, Geeky Monkey, TV Film Memorabilia, Model and Collectors Mart, partworks Build Darth Vader, Star Wars Encyclopedia, and Build The Millennium Falcon, and websites Jedi.net, Jedi News, StarWars.com, Lightsabre.co.uk, and Wirezone. He is the only podcaster to have appeared on every Celebration podcast stage since it began in 2015 (hosting it four times), and is the co-host of Making Tracks, Canon Fodder and Start Your Engines on Fantha Tracks Radio.
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Head on over to Parade as Mark Hamill discusses the legacy of Star Wars and his experiences with the saga over the past forty years.

I love the multigenerational appeal of the movies. Kids who grew up with the original trilogy are now adults passing their love of Star Wars down to their kids. For me, it’s been a relief to come back and show young people the way I look now. For years, parents have been pushing their children toward me at airports saying, “Look! It’s Luke Skywalker!” and all the kids see is this elderly man and they don’t understand. It’s healthy for kids to see us the way we are now. It’s also better for me. I didn’t want to spend my senior citizen years frightening young children.

For more Star Wars content, check out the latest issue of Parade magazine.

SourceParade
Mark Newbold
Mark Newbold
Exploring the galaxy since 1978, Mark wrote his first fan fiction in '81 and has been a presence online since webpage Fanta War in 1996. He is the EiC and Daily Content Manager of Fantha Tracks and currently contributes to ILM.com, SkywalkerSound.com, Star Wars – Das Offizielle Magazin, Journal of the Whills and Starburst Magazine, having previously contributed to magazines Star Wars Insider, Geeky Monkey, TV Film Memorabilia, Model and Collectors Mart, partworks Build Darth Vader, Star Wars Encyclopedia, and Build The Millennium Falcon, and websites Jedi.net, Jedi News, StarWars.com, Lightsabre.co.uk, and Wirezone. He is the only podcaster to have appeared on every Celebration podcast stage since it began in 2015 (hosting it four times), and is the co-host of Making Tracks, Canon Fodder and Start Your Engines on Fantha Tracks Radio.
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