Mark Hamill thought that Star Wars was a parody of Flash Gordon when he first read the script. The 73-year-old actor played Luke Skywalker in the original film, A New Hope, released in 1977, but he admits during the first read-through he was convinced that creator George Lucas had written a spoof,

Mark Hamill very nearly pulled “an Ellen DeGeneres” and left the U.S. to avoid Donald Trump. The Star Wars star was speaking to The Times of London on Saturday when he revealed that he strongly considered the move after Trump was elected the second time.