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Mark Hamill Responds to Cushy Vintage Photo of Himself From 'The Empire Strikes Back'
Mark Hamill says his 'Empire' stunt was scarier than it looked
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'Rogue One' Writer Reveals That the Prequel Almost Featured a Nerf Herder
Gary Whitta, who has a story credit on new stand-alone 'Star Wars' film, answered fans questions in an hourlong chat on Twitter
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Mark Hamill Reveals the Secret of Luke Skywalker's Severed Head
A screen capture of Luke Skywalker’s head in the Darth Vader helmet from ‘The Empire Strikes Back’
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Check Out These Rarely Seen 'Empire Strikes Back' Illustrations Featured on Vintage Topps Cards
To follow up the huge success of its 1977 Star Wars trading-card sets, Topps was back in full force when The Empire Strikes Back arrived three years later. Here is a selection of Lucasfilm-commissioned comic-style images of the film's heroes and villains.
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Carrie Fisher on That 'Empire' Kiss With Screen Brother Mark Hamill: 'There Were No Tongues'
Warning: Star Wars Episodes IV-VI spoilers below, but we really hope you’ve seen them by now. At the time of The Empire Strikes Back’s release in 1980, that lengthy kiss between a freshly thawed Luke (Mark Hamill) and Princess Leia (Carrie Fisher) seemed perfectly appropriate. It added a nice layer of love-triangle intrigue to Han (Harrison Ford) and Leia’s ongoing will-they-or-won’t-they.
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Wampa Tales: Mark Hamill's Car Accident and the Opening Scene of 'The Empire Strikes Back'
Mark Hamill in ‘The Empire Strikes Back’ (Lucasfilm) By Jason Guerrasio, Business Insider On January 11, 1977, Mark Hamill got into a car accident that fractured his nose and cheekbone. In the opening scene of The Empire Strikes Back, Skywalker’s face is scratched after being attacked by a Wampa, which digs its claws into his face and then drags Skywalker and his Tauntaun back to its cave.
