Mark Hamill

Mark Hamill’s shot to stardom happened when he played the role of the iconic Luke Skywalker in the ever-successful Star Wars movie series. Sure, it is easy to think that with the degree of the franchise’s success, one of its original casts may have experienced the same. Sadly, it was not the case. According to reports, the 69-year-old star faced big financial problems after doing the 1983 movie installment Return of the Jedi.

Hamill experienced being typecast and found it hard to escape the shadow of his most famous role. He couldn’t get a decent role that could help him veer away from the Jedi master. So instead, Mark Hamill ended up doing voiceover work for different animated series and video games for years. He also started earning well again when he did the last three movies of Star Wars.