Mark Hamill who played the role of Luke Skywalker in Star Wars: A New Hope was involved in a terrible car crash in 1977 while he was still active in the Star Wars franchise.
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The accident happened not long after Star Wars: Episode IV – A New Hope had finished filming. It resulted in a fractured nose and cheekbone and also left several scars on his face. In a 1978 interview, he shared how the accident occurred.
“I was way out in the sticks somewhere and there were no cars and no traffic, thank God. I was going about 65-70 mph… I was speeding, going too fast… and what happened, I think, was that I tried to negotiate an off-ramp and lost control, tumbled over, and went off-road,” he said during an interview in 1978.
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“I just woke up and I was in the hospital and I knew that I had hurt myself very, very, very badly… but I wasn’t really sure. And then someone held a mirror up to my face and I just felt my career was over,” he added.
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