Mark Hamill Addresses His Fate in Future 'Star Wars' Projects & De-Aging Luke Skywalker, Carrie Fisher's Walk of Fame Ceremony, the Reason He Never Hosted 'SNL' & More in 'Esquire' Profile

On his youth, and his relationship with his dad:

“I had a troubled relationship with my father. He was a career naval officer, very authoritarian. I was the middle of seven kids. He just could not understand why I love puppets and monster movies and comic books. These were all frivolous things that I should outgrow. Towards the end, I guess we sort of… It’s funny, he was completely unimpressed with Star Wars. He kept thinking I would eventually outgrow my childhood obsession with movies and get a real job. You know what really turned him around? When Bob Hope asked me to be on his Christmas special.”

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