Mark Hamill thanks Disney for screening Star Wars: The Rise Of Skywalker to a dying fan.
Disney CEO Bob Iger recently screened Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker to a fan with a terminal illness shortly after the film was completed. The Rise of Skywalker was very recently finished by director J. J. Abrams, who managed to complete his film slightly earlier than Star Wars: The Force Awakens in spite of a tighter production schedule.
Mark Hamill, who has played Luke Skywalker for 42 years and has an important role in The Rise of Skywalker, praised Disney’s decision to allow a dying fan to see the movie in advance, before noting that he has not yet seen the finished film himself. You can see what he wrote below:
Many thanks to @RobertIger & everyone at @Disney for making this happen! Hope the Rowan Hospice patient not only enjoyed the film, but gets an extra-special satisfaction in knowing he saw it before I did. https://t.co/qpECeomcCX
— Mark HoHoHoHamill (@HamillHimself) November 29, 2019
With less than three weeks until the release date, Mark Hamill won’t have long to wait to see the conclusion to a story that began with him back in 1977. As it stands, Disney aren’t strangers to screening these movies to sick fans, as there are documented cases of the company screening movies like The Force Awakens and Avengers: Endgame to fans who passed away before the official release dates. It’s a great gesture for the company and the right thing to do.
Directed by J. J. Abrams, Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker stars Daisy Ridley, Adam Driver, John Boyega, Oscar Isaac, Lupita Nyong’o, Domhnall Gleeson, Kelly Marie Tran, Joonas Suotamo, Billie Lourd, Naomi Ackie, Richard E. Grant, Keri Russell, Mark Hamill, Anthony Daniels, Ian McDiarmid, and Billy Dee Williams. Carrie Fisher will also appear as General Leia Organa through the use of previously unreleased footage shot from previous Star Wars films.
Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker is set to hit theaters on December 20, 2019.
Source: Twitter