Mark Hamill Remembers Empire Strikes Back As The Most 'Grueling' Film In The Star Wars Franchise

Dec 18 2022 by /Film

 

During reshoots for the original "Star Wars" movie in early 1977, Mark Hamill (who plays Luke Skywalker) famously got into a real-life car accident that left him with a broken nose. Behind-the-scenes lore tends to exaggerate the extent of his injuries. As the story goes, the wampa attack and bacta tank recovery that Luke Skywalker, undergoes at the beginning of the sequel, "The Empire Strikes Back," was a way for the movie to account for the change in Hamill's facial appearance. However,...

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