How old was Mark Hamill when he first played Luke Skywalker?

American actor, Mark Hamill was 26 years old when he first landed the role of Luke Skywalker in the Star Wars franchise in 1977.

His first movie in the Star Wars franchise was Star Wars: A New Hope in 1977. Other Star Wars movies, documentaries, and other collections include Star Wars Holiday Special, The Empire Strikes Back, Return of the Jedi, The Hero with a Thousand Faces, The Making of Star Wars, Empire of Dreams: The Story of Star Wars Trilogy, From Star Wars to Jedi: The Making of a Saga, The Mandalorian Season 2, and more.

Before the start of his major career in the franchise, he was involved in a terrible accident that nearly cost him his career.

“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 said after the accident.