Star Wars: Episode VIII - The Last Jedi
Mark Hamill recently revealed the influence Sir Alec Guinness ' portraying of Obi - Wan Kenobi had on his carrying out as Luke Skywalker inStar Wars : The Last Jedi . The upcoming continuation marking the 8th episode in the ongoingStar Warssaga thatbegan 40 years agowith George Lucas ' original moving picture , Star Wars : Episode IV - A New Hope(though they were n’t enumerate back then ) . Throughout the original trilogy , audience saw Luke preparation to become a Jedi Knight , partly under the charge of Obi - Wan and Yoda .
Then , between the event of Richard Marquand’sStar Wars : Episode VI - Return of the Jediand J.J. Abrams’Star Wars : Episode VII - The Force Awakens , Luke attempted to form a Jedi Academy of his own and civilise the newest generation of Jedi . Unfortunately , his learner turned on him and slaughter all of his other disciples , so he drop dead into a ego - imposed expatriation in which he search for the First Jedi Temple - and that ’s where Rey receive him at the end ofThe Force Awakens . Now , she will become his latest apprentice , ifEpisode VIII ’s marketing materials are to be believed .
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In the coming eighth chapter , Luke has become the passkey , and we ’ve seen him begin to civilize Rey in the way of the Force , as show by the opening scenes ofStar state of war : The Last Jedi’sfirst trailerthat debuted sooner this year . Since Luke has now occupy on the purpose Obi - Wan had in the original trilogy - or , at least , in the original film - it take in sense for Hamill to want to drag some inspiration from Guinness ' performance . In a late interview withYahoo ! Moviesfrom last weekend ’s D23 Expo 2017 , Hamill revealed how much influence Guinness had on his performance inThe Last Jedi :
“ I was whole in awe of [ Sir Alec Guinness ] , but in full term of studying him for this film : I channeled his lordliness and his composure . But Obi - Wan has a much unlike backstory than Luke , so although there are many similarities , you have to really sort of take possession of your own character reference . ”
grant , there are sure as shooting many divergence between how Obi - Wan grew up and was train in the Force compared to Luke ’s own upbringing and training , least of which was the fact that they ’ve lived in dissimilar metre periods . Considering how much time has guide between the original trilogy and the subsequence trilogy , and the events that transpire during that clock time , it ’s intelligible for Luke to have obtained a more unhesitating composure than he had inReturn of the Jedi- and we ’ll likely see that inhow he trains Rey in the coming moving-picture show .
Although the movie does n’t free until the end of this twelvemonth , we ’ve already heardhow different and unexpected the coming sequelis croak to be in comparison not only toThe Force Awakensbut the rest of theStar Warssaga as a whole . And according to Disney head honcho Bob Iger , Hamilldelivers his strongest execution to day of the month , and consideringhow of import his role isinThe Last Jedi , all of this news only excite fans even more for the at hand release . Stay tune up for any moreStar Warsnews that may come out of San Diego Comic - Con this weekend .
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