Don’t count on Mark Hamill to return to the “Star Wars” universe anytime quickly.

In a current interview with ComicBook, Hamill, who performed Luke Skywalker within the first three franchise-spawning “Star Wars” movies, mentioned his future within the immortal sci-fi universe. Whereas he was the one to kick it off with “A New Hope” in 1977 alongside Harrison Ford and Carrie Fisher, Hamill has little interest in taking the saga any additional.

“I’m so grateful to George [Lucas] for letting me be part of that again within the day, the common-or-garden days when George referred to as ‘Star Wars’ ‘the costliest low-budget film ever made,’” he mentioned. “We by no means anticipated it to turn out to be a everlasting franchise and part of popular culture like that. However my deal is, I had my time. I’m appreciative of that, however I feel they need to deal with the long run and all the brand new characters.”

He continued, joking that he “disappeared in [‘The Last Jedi’], I left my robes behind. And there’s no means I’m gonna seem as a unadorned drive ghost.”

Hamill’s final main look as Luke Skywalker in “Star Wars” was as a drive ghost in 2019’s “Episode IX – The Rise of Skywalker.” He additionally made transient appearances as Luke with de-aging and movement seize results in “The Mandalorian” and “The Ebook of Boba Fett.”

“Star Wars: Episode IV – A New Hope” went on to turn out to be one of the iconic movies in historical past after its 1977 launch, inspiring an infinite march of spinoff sequence and follow-up movies. As of as we speak, there have been 12 complete movies, together with the unique trilogy, and numerous TV exhibits set within the “Star Wars” universe.

The following movies to happen in a galaxy far, distant will probably be “The Mandalorian and Grogu,” starring Pedro Pascal because the masked drifter with child Yoda, and “Star Wars: Starfighter,” starring Ryan Gosling.