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Mark Hamill’s 1980 Muppet Show episode predicted Star Wars’ future

If you’re filling Star Wars Day (May the 4th) with Star Wars media, and you need a breather between intense episodes of Andor, you can do no better than the Mark Hamill episode of The Muppet Show. Featuring Hamill both as himself and as Luke Skywalker, alongside R2-D2, C-3PO, and Chewbacca, the episode features the Star Wars staples in wonderfully out-of-character moments, a great running joke at Hamill’s expense, and an ending that seems shockingly prescient. Image: The Jim Henson Company Airing during The Muppet Show’s fourth season in Feb. 1980, the episode begins with a fakeout. Scooter comes into…

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