So amazing how differently everyone talked to each other back then. What a class act!!!

I met Mark in Pismo Beach, CA in 1989 when I was 18 years old. I was driving through town on a motorcycle road trip and stumbled upon him filming a movie there. It was super late at night after they had finished shooting and there wasn't a single person around except him and me just chatting on the side of the road by my bike for a few moments. It was the most pleasant exchange you could hope for considering I knew every line and sound effect from Star Wars, word for word since I was a little kid. He thought it was way cool I was driving my 1978 Honda Goldwing down the coast staying in KOAs and having the time of my life. He asked me where I was from and I proudly told him "Walla Walla, Washington." He shot right back with: "There's a lot of alliteration in that!" One of my favorite memories.

I've listened to Hamill speak before, but not when he was younger. I get the feeling that of the big three (Hamill, Harrison, and Fisher), Hamill was developed beyond his years, so self-assured, well-spoken, and insightful. Love watching these old interviews.

He was just 32 years old at the time and it´s clear that Star Wars had been both a blessing and a curse in his life. As Carrie Fisher used to say, "I have to pay George Lucas 5 bucks every time I look at the mirror".

It's really interesting to hear Mark Hamill be so brutally honest about how his success with Star Wars was a double-edged sword, and how much of the industry still looked down on special effects-driven blockbusters in 1983, even with all the success that films like Jaws, ET, Raiders and Star Wars had attained by that point. You would never hear an actor talk like that these days, as everyone now has a small army of corporate-approved PR minders and is told exactly what to say in interviews ("such an honor to be part of Star Wars", "I've been a Marvel fan since I was a little kid!").

"It'll probably be collectors items in another 10 years". LOL.

Mark Hamill has such a great presence.

Kinda sad to see how aware he was of his own typecasting. You can tell it really bothered him.

Two of the cutest, sweetest people in the business: Mark Hamill and Jeff Goldblum

9:56 A third trilogy starting in 2011? Wow! He was 5 years off, but still. That's quite a prediction to make in 1983.

Love listening to Mark talk! He was always so wonderful to listen to, just like a next door friend with simple yet interesting conversations and wisdom

Mr. Corvette Summer Mark Hamill!

Great guest, great host, nothing more needs to be said.

Great interview. It is strange that the sincerity from Mark here is so absent in most other celebrity interviews. His honesty was refreshing.

Luke speaks very well. Its sad to see he didn't get to show off his potential through other roles.

Good lord - I just realized what day it was. May the Fourth ... be with you.

Interesting how Dave is so zoned in on the interviews in the early days instead of making slight digs the whole time to keep himself entertained

first time seeing this, fascinating. The "Mr. Punk to you" was an amazing comeback.

In Hamill, we trust

Mark looks like a kid in that interview.

He's the best Joker ever.

My favorite part of the interview was his expectation that Star Wars would be forgotten in ten years….

I remember seeing him in Amadeus in NYC!

Star Wars is the best movie franchise ever

Reportedly Mark didn't get to play Mozart in the movie because Milos Forman couldn't see past Luke Skywalker.

Is Dave wearing some sort of Star Wars helmet? Oh wait-that's his hair ;)

May the 4th be with you..

Here he's nearly 32. Ke Huy Quan is in the same boat now : his recent interview in Variety he said after his recent Oscar win, he has no Projects currently in the PiPeline.

Such a wonderful interview by both Dave and mark!! so honest on everything.. and I do not think I ever heard before Lucas thought a sequel would be in the 2010's!? And I am over 50! must not have paid attention, or this was the one and only time it ever came out?

The talk of people never seeing Star Wars reminds me of a cartoon that came out when the first film became a huge hit. It has an old couple facing each other in chairs. The wife says "You know, I think we're only two people in the world who haven't seen Star Wars". Then the husband takes out a gun and shoots his wife and says "Now, I'm the only one".

Studios looked a lot smaller and cozier in those days, and people were more respectful, not a bunch of outrageous loudmouths like now. I miss those days.

A third trilogy in 2011. That's pretty good. As the trilogy he's in begins in 2015. Great prediction.

And he was turned down for Amadeus the film because of his typecasting

Amadues is my favorite movie. I didnt know there was a stage version.

Okay but does anyone know why that lady was cackling when he mentioned that the ice cream was good?

Badass

Old School was awesome. So much better than when he went to CBS.

Amazing. This predates the movie release of Amadeus and in 9 short years Mark would be cast as the definitive version of the Joker in Batman: the Animated Series, thus, fulfilling his wish of having his "image mangled"... in the best of ways.

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Rock me Amedaus

31 then 70 today

See, back then they knew how to de-age actors, he looks so young.

George is tired. That’s funny.

Image he played joker at that age

10:00 Episode 1 came out in 1999, Mark says 2011. 12+ years off but said with confidence.

We didn't get his Jack in the Box story.

2011. He was figuring out JarJar

Funny. He thought the hype would die down in about 10 years. I’m not really familiar with anything else he’s acted in other than Time Cop. I’ll have to search.

Use for the force Luke.

christ dave, get a haircut.

I never liked Star wars I could not make it past the first movie. Transformers is for me & TMNT. The only thing I own Of star wars was a Attixtix Gift set containing both figures cross over at the time Transformers & star wars, They were both packaged together.. Lot of people ask me. "What's wrong with it?" I tell them Not my cup of tea. You don't have to like everything everyone else likes.

Such a nice conversation, and the sensationalized way that Frank Miller depicted this interview in The Dark Knight Returns is outrageous.

I'm old af and wasn't even born yet :D

Sorry, but there was no winner to the contest today. The answer to the brain tweezer was "Anti-Reticular Cytotoxic Serum." Thanks to everyone who participated and better luck next time!

That was a good interview. For some reason I've had a less than positive opinion of mark, and I dont know why.