The role we expect to see Mark Hamill playing in Star Wars: The Last Jedi is one of the reluctant mentor, a sort of role that tends to be nominated in traditional dramas.
But who’s to say that Mark Hamill won’t be nominated for an Oscar?
The Lord of the Rings films did very well at the ceremony and recent sci-fi dramas like The Martian and Arrival have also been recognized.
While science fiction and fantasy films have a history of being ignored at the Academy Awards that has slowly ceased being true in recent years.