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In what's usually such a calm, reasonable, and friendly fanbase, there was a lot of rage after the depiction of Luke Skywalker in 2017's Star Wars: The Last Jedi. Tempers flared even more when Mark Hamill, who has played Skywalker since 1977, expressed that he himself wasn't thrilled about the character's arc in the movie. But now, Hamill is clearing the air about his comments, which it appears he regrets making. And he especially wants to make it clear that the fallout that came after his comments was unintentional.

Hamill's comments come from an episode of talk show Bullseye with Jesse Thorn, which was previously reported on by IGN. "[T]he fact that I went public," Hamill tells host Thorn, "with my dissatisfaction with the motivation for Luke becoming a suicidal hermit might have colored things in a way that, maybe I should have kept that to myself."

But even before making that admission, Hamill wanted to put his respect for the film's director, Rian Johnson, on the record. Especially since, after his previous comments, the internet began speculating that Hamill didn't like or even hated the Knives Out helmer.

"Here’s the thing," Hamill said, "Rian Johnson is one of the most gifted directors I’ve ever worked with [...] He’s amiable, he’s fun on set, he’s smart. He made a great movie. I think the staging of the stand-off between Kylo Ren, Adam Driver and I at the end, is so well staged. The foreshadowing that I’m not really there. Adam wipes the snow away and you see the red planet beneath, I wipe the snow and it’s just snow. That’s so subtle. I love Knives Out and Brick and Looper. He’s one of my favorite directors."

Like we said at the top, it's not like the Star Wars franchise has, I don't know, a long and storied history of vitriol and repugnant treatment of the creators involved. But if it did, those haters should be taking note.

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