mangarooboo

Mr Hamill, it's such a pleasure. I have one question for you.

Do you possibly remember, in 1976 (or 1975, I'm not sure which) driving to the doctor to get your shots so you could fly overseas to shoot the first Star Wars movie? Do you remember that exact trip?

The reason I ask is because on that (or on one of them, if you had multiple), you stopped to pick up a hitchhiking woman who was on her way to a job interview.

You showed her the gargantuan script that you had in the front seat and she leafed through the first few pages and may not have seemed very impressed. She also may not have seemed very impressed that you were headed overseas, or that you were an actor. Or, for all I know, she could have put on a polite face and said that it was interesting.

I'm telling you this second-hand because this is a story I have been hearing from my own mother for the vast majority of my life - the time she got picked up and driven to an interview by the one and only Mark Hamill.

If you remember this happening, it would thrill my mother to no end to know that you remember her. If you don't remember, it's totally fine. She'll probably be mad at me for asking you either way - she's strangely embarrassed by the whole ordeal and tends to get mad at me when I bring it up.

She was so, so excited to see you in the movie the following summer and was VERY pleased to be proved wrong about you and your movie (she thought the few pages she read were dreadful and thought it would flop).

(On a side note, I have never confirmed this with her (again, she gets miffed when I bring it up) but I think it's because of you driving her to the interview and subsequently seeing you on the big screen that my sister and I grew up watching the Star Wars movies. I am an enormous fan and treat Star Wars like a religion (I'm not of the real Jedi faith but I find a particular solace in discussing the universe with others that is very similar to how at peace I feel when discussing religions with others) because of how much of my life has been dedicated to Star Wars.)

Thank you so much for your time, Mr. Hamill.

Edit: I texted her about this and she hasn't responded. I'm in trouble. OH WELL

Edit number two for those still interested: I just told her and she was overjoyed. I'm not in trouble! Hooray!

Los Angeles somewhere. I believe she was on or near a bridge when you pulled over for her.

According to her story, you "plopped it in her lap." because you had a bit of a messy car (not that anybody is judging you!) and couldn't find a spot to put it because it was so big.

Oh oops! Edit: she didn't get the job. I don't think. Like I said, she's not really taking to me at the moment and I won't see her for another hour or so, if not longer, so I won't get the straight answer for a while. I remember asking her once and being disappointed at her answer. I think she was applying to a pharmacy? She works as a pharmacy technician in Santa Barbara for a while when she moved there from LA a few years after this happened.

Edit again: changed "but" to "not" in the parentheses.

This makes me so happy!!! I've never not believed her but to hear it from you is such a treasure!!! You've added a whole new dimension to that story! Thank you so much. You're the best.

Edit: changed "while" to "whole." Been too excited to spellcheck!

How is Raab doing? Last time I looked him up, which tbh was ages ago, it looked like he was having some health issues.

So proud to see you here and I'm celebrating two years of your house tonight. You've come a long way and you've done amazing work ❤️

I take it from the past tense you used that you don't do this anymore. How long did it go on?