Mark Hamill is clearly good at keeping secrets (unlike his Star Wars Universe friend Pedro Pascal), but the Luke Skywalker actor was teetering on the verge of a spoiler in his latest tweet.
If you have a Star Wars fan who likes to be surprised and you are not especially what this is about, stop reading now. If that doesn’t describe you, then move on.
“The fact that we were able to keep my involvement secret for over a year without leaks is nothing short of a miracle,” Hamill tweeted Saturday. “A real triumph for spoiler haters everywhere! #LooseLipsSinkStarships #STFU ” The tweet was a follow-up to a more cryptic one he posted on Friday, “Have you seen anything good on TV lately?”
Out of context, Hamill could be talking about anything here. He could have been the surprise of the expectant Bachelorette finale, or a new member of Joe Biden’s cabinet. But of course that’s not the case and Hamill refers to his computer-enhanced look on the season finale of The Mandalorian.
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If you’ve come this far and none Mandalorian viewer or internet scroller, here’s the gist: Hamill made an appearance in the closing minutes of the Mandalorian season finale, which hit Disney + on Friday. It was digitally aged to appear as Luke Skywalker would have done just a few years later Return Of The Jedi. After a tearful goodbye, The Mandalorian (Pedro Pascal) gave up custody of The Child (aka Grogu) and sent him off with Hamill’s Jedi to be trained to use his gifts. It wasn’t the only potential spoiler to come out of Friday’s episode, but it was certainly the biggest shocker.
Hamill, of course, wasn’t giving anything away explicitly – and technically he gave more than 24 hours for super fans to see the episode – but it does raise questions as to what an appropriate timeline is for spoiler discussions. It’s something we often think about here The AV Clubbecause we want to give people a place to discuss their thoughts about something without ruining it for others. Sometimes we have probably been overly cautious, other times we may have been too rash. And when it comes to streaming, it gets even more complicated.
Excuse us while we crawl into a ball and think about our spoiler policy …