And fans are also comparing him to a young Mark Hamill, who played Vader's son, Luke Skywalker.

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Maybe our imagination's desire to put ourselves in the place of Luke Skywalker or Darth Maul can't successfully be translated into a video game.

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Both Hamill and Ford are said to be open to the possibility of returning as Luke Skywalker and Han Solo, according to Entertainment Weekly.

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Both properties fight like Vulcans in Pon farr--or like Luke Skywalker in a Rancor pit, if you prefer--for the minds and wallets of sci-fi fans.

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Only this time, the image was of Luke Skywalker.

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And older fans know about Luke Skywalker, Princess Leia, Darth Vader and other characters that, although are not portrayed in "Clone Wars, " are tied to the events that unfold within the cartoon series.

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Luke Skywalker rushed out of Jedi training.

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Jar Jar Binks aside, what was truly missing from the prequel trilogy was the personal story that made the misadventures of Luke Skywalker, Han Solo, Princess Leia, and the rest of the marvelous cast so memorable and unique.

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During its first season, one anonymous message board posting, especially, claimed that Lee fell in with her school's geeky crowd as a way to remain "cool" after losing favor with the popular students, and even alleged that she didn't know who Luke Skywalker was.

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They tell the story of the conflict between the Empire and the Republic and the corruption and desertion to the dark side of Anakin Skywalker, an idealistic freedom fighter who becomes Darth Vader, a father doomed to fight against his son, Luke Skywalker, inheritor of his original idealism.

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George Lucas, who recently sold Lucasfilm to Disney and is involved in the ongoing development of new Star Wars movies, told Bloomberg Businessweek that Harrison Ford, Carrie Fisher, and Mark Hamill are in talks to reprise their roles as (respectively) Han Solo, Princess Leia, and Luke Skywalker.

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