The Edmonton Journal has an interview with Mark Hamill centering basically on Jay and Silent Bob, though some Episode I ideas are mentioned among other topics. Here's a snippet:

Mention the most recent Star Wars epic, The Phantom Menace, to Hamill and he'll immediately tell you it's "awesome." Then, minutes later, he's implying that it's less than awesome. Had he seen an advance copy of Lucas's much maligned screenplay, he would have been swift in his reaction. "If he had sent it to me, I would have said: 'There's no voice of skepticism at all. There's not one character here who's a cynic.' "

Hamill has fond memories of Harrison Ford, whose gruff Han Solo character fulfilled just such a purpose in the early movies. "One of the great advantages of having a Han Solo is that he can knock everything around and it acts as a real release.

"I'm talking about the fact that in the original Star Wars there's a mercenary who can mock The Force, who might only be in it for the money, who could be the modern voice of cynicism. That was sorely lacking in this newest picture where there's nobody who's anything less than solemn... ."

But then Hamill indicates he may be going too far. "I dunno ... I gotta be real careful," he says impishly. He recalls "complaining bitterly" about Return Of The Jedi, the final film in the original trilogy, because "it's all tied up neatly in a little bundle." Lucas heard him out and then gently reminded Hamill that the Star Wars movies were made for seven-year-olds.

"He's right when he says fairy tales are always tied up in a neat little bundle, whether it's Little Red Riding Hood or Snow White. I guess I was doing what a lot of the public were doing -- becoming possessive of the material and forgetting the fact that I made it as a fairy tale for children. ... So -- what do I know?"

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