To show Luke Skywalker’s conflicted, dark turn in Star Wars: The Last Jedi, Mark Hamill looked to real-life politics for inspiration.
“Well, I had to find what could have happened that would make the most hopeful, optimistic character wind up in this dark place.
At the start of the film, Luke is a nomad, in forced isolation after the destruction of his Jedi Academy by Ben Solo, one that Hamill worked hard to convey.
I thought, well at least after Vietnam will never get into another pointless war that will, with no clear objective.