He’s Luke Cry-walker.
“Star Wars” actor Mark Hamill claimed he nearly left America following President Trump’s election victory this past November, prompting a sassy response from the White House.
The 73-year-old, most famous for his heroic role in George Lucas’ trilogy and subsequent films, admitted he was persuaded to stay in the US by his wife, after he gave her a choice of emigrating to either the UK or Ireland.
“She’s very clever. She didn’t respond right away, but a week later she said, ‘I’m surprised you would allow him to force you out of your own country,’” Hamill told the Times of London.
“That son of a b—h, I thought. I’m not leaving.”
Hamill, who previously lived in London, was an outspoken supporter of former President Joe Biden, and backed Vice President Kamala Harris’ failed bid in the 2024 election.
The actor’s admission prompted a sarcastic riposte from the White House.
“Since Mark has decided to stay in the United States, he will get to enjoy the many wins President Trump is securing for the American people — and really, who can blame him for second-guessing a plan to move to the same place as Rosie O’Donnell,” a spokeswoman told Fox News.
Elsewhere, Hamill raged at the current administration, saying: “The bullying, the incompetence, the people in place. … The only way I can deal with it without going crazy and wanting to open my veins in a warm tub is to look at it like a thick, sprawling political novel.
“It’s entertaining in a way because this could actually be the end. Our status in the world has been crippled, and that will reverberate for decades. Making Canada a 51st state? Do you know how offensive that is? And then taking over Greenland and renaming the Gulf of Mexico. The distractions are hilarious.”
Despite his grievances, Hamill said of the US: “I still believe there are more honest, decent people than there are the MAGA crowd.
“If I didn’t, I’d move back to England.”
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