Mark Hamill has been a household name for decades, and while his name’s become synonymous with Star Wars’ Luke Skywalker – undoubtedly his best-known role – there’s a lot more to the actor than the moisture farmer turned space wizard he’s so often conflated with. One area in which Mark Hamill and Skywalker are remarkably similar is in their definitively unglamorous upbringings. Though Hamill didn’t grow up as the son of farmers on a desert planet, he was the fourth of seven children, all of whom were ushered from location to location as their father was stationed in various places as a U.S. Navy captain. Though Hamill had the exciting opportunity to live in Japan for part of his youth, that didn’t prevent him from starting his acting career like so many bright-eyed young people: working at a fast food restaurant and racking up smaller roles. Keep watching the video to discover the untold truth of Mark Hamill.
