Legendary Star Wars actor Mark Hamill was lastly united together with his “mother” on the Golden Globes on Sunday evening. In a jokingly proud second, Hamill shared a backstage picture with Natalie Portman as he couldn’t resist letting Star Wars followers learn about this lengthy overdue household reunion.
“Now I’ve lastly met my “mom”, due to the @goldenglobes,” Hamill tweeted.
Should you don’t get the reference, we’ll stroll you thru it. Whereas Luke Skywalker’s delivery mom was solely briefly referenced within the unique Star Wars trilogy that primarily centered on Luke’s father and son relationship with Darth Vader, that was not the case within the Star Wars prequel trilogy.
Portman portrayed Luke’s mom, Padme Amidala, in all three of the early 2000s movies the place her character was entrance and heart due to her burgeoning relationship with Hayden Christensen’s Anakin Skywalker. Whereas Anakin turning into Darth Vader was identified to followers, the destiny of his bride remained a thriller till the ultimate installment, Revenge of the Sith.
In that movie, Anakin lastly succumbs to the Darkish Facet, forsaking a pregnant Padme who offers delivery to Jedi twins Luke and Leia within the last moments of the prequel trilogy. Nevertheless, she dies shortly after naming the longer term heroes earlier than they’re whisked away to separate places by Senator Bail Organa (Jimmy Smits) and Obi-Wan Kenobi (Ewan McGregor).
Contemplating Revenge of the Sith got here out in 2005, it’s solely taken Hamill 19 years to fulfill his “mother, however higher late than by no means.
(Through Mark Hamill on Twitter)
