Star Warsfans are very good at grabbing onto practically nothing and making it into a big something. Sometimes they are right to do so, and sometimes it is a complete waste of time.Mark Hamillprobably knows this better than anyone and he uses it to his advantage quite often. Even when he is wishing one of hisStar Wars: The Last Jedico-stars a happy birthday. Which is exactly what he did forJohn Boyega’s birthday recently.
Mark Hamilldecided to kill two birds with one stone the other day when he took toTwitterto tellJohn Boyegahappy birthday, but he couldn’t resist messing withStar Warsfans a bit at the same time. Similar to last year, he (almost certainly jokingly) implied thatJohn Boyega’s character Finn is the son ofLuke Skywalker. Here is what he had to say.
“Shout-out to @JohnBoyega for no reason other than being wickedly-proficient w/ a lightsaber w/ no training whatsoever. You do me proud, son!”
Those who keep up withMark Hamill’s Twitter feed andJohn Boyega’s birthdays will probably remember that something similar was teased last year. He jokingly said thatBoyegawas “sonsational,” only to later announce that he was indeed having fun with everyone.John Boyegadecided to play along with the whole “Finn Skywalker” thing when he responded.
“Late response because I’m in Beijing but thanks dad @HamillHimself”
Fans on Twitter went absolutely nuts, with most of them seeming to recognize that theStar Wars 8stars were just having a little fun. But there were definitely a few that had to wonder if there was any truth to this. Now, since we have seen a shred of footage fromStar Wars: The Last Jediit would be impossible to say that this is totally untrue, especially considering that Finn’s backstory was largely mysterious, but there is almost no way this is anything more thanMark Hamillhaving his usual fun with the fans. If nothing else, it takes a little bit of attention away from trying to figure out who Rey’s parents are or who Snoke actually is. Or who the last Jedi is/are, since it is frustratingly ambiguous at this point.Mark Hamilldecided that, as Finn’s fake father, he needed to throw a little fuel on the fire because ofJohn Boyega’s late reply. Apparently a major timezone different isn’t a valid excuse.
“Kids! They never call, they never write & the excuses just get more elaborate- “I’m in Beijing” Yeah, right & I’m on a date w/ Beyonce-LOL!”
The cast forThe Last JediincludesDaisy Ridley,John Boyega,Adam Driver,Domhnall Gleeson,Oscar Isaac,Carrie Fisher,Benicio Del Toro,Laura Dern,Gwendoline Christie,Andy Serkis,Lupita Nyong’OandMark Hamill.Star Wars: The Last Jediis written and directed byRian Johnsonand is set for release on December 15. You can check out the Twitter exchange for yourself below.
