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Mark Hamill left emotional after reuniting with Yoda on the set of The Last Jedi

Mark Newbold
By Mark Newbold
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It’s hardly surprising, when in 2016 you’re in your sixties and on a film set, when a voice from your distant past – 1979 to be precise – says the words ‘young Skywalker’. It’s enough to get us emotional, and we weren’t part of the production of The Empire Strikes Back or The Last Jedi. Little wonder then that Mark Hamill had a moment as he prepared for scenes with our little green friend on the set of Jedi.

Heroic Hollywood took a look at this sweet moment.

After two of the three Star Wars prequels used a CGI version of Yoda, fans were thrilled when the Jedi master made a brief but important appearance in The Last Jedi, but this time as a puppet modeled after the beloved character’s appearance in The Empire Strikes Back over thirty-five years ago. Now, a behind-the-scenes video offers fans a look at Mark Hamill’s emotional reaction to seeing Franz Oz bring the Yoda puppet to life once again.

 

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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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It’s hardly surprising, when in 2016 you’re in your sixties and on a film set, when a voice from your distant past – 1979 to be precise – says the words ‘young Skywalker’. It’s enough to get us emotional, and we weren’t part of the production of The Empire Strikes Back or The Last Jedi. Little wonder then that Mark Hamill had a moment as he prepared for scenes with our little green friend on the set of Jedi.

Heroic Hollywood took a look at this sweet moment.

After two of the three Star Wars prequels used a CGI version of Yoda, fans were thrilled when the Jedi master made a brief but important appearance in The Last Jedi, but this time as a puppet modeled after the beloved character’s appearance in The Empire Strikes Back over thirty-five years ago. Now, a behind-the-scenes video offers fans a look at Mark Hamill’s emotional reaction to seeing Franz Oz bring the Yoda puppet to life once again.

 

SourceHeroic Hollywood
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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