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"Mark Hamill has known about the Star Wars Episode VII plans since August. Writer/director George Lucas told the Luke Skywalker actor and his former co-star Carrie Fisher about the plans for three more sequels earlier in the summer, not mentioning Disney&amp;#039;s purchase of Lucasfilm.   &amp;quot;Last August, he asked Carrie and I to have lunch with him and we did,&amp;quot; Hamill told Entertainment Weekly. &amp;quot;I thought he was going to talk about either his retirement or the Star Wars TV series that I&amp;#039;ve heard about - which I don&amp;#039;t think we were going to be involved in anyway... or the 3-D releases. &amp;quot;So when he said, &amp;#039;We decided we&amp;#039;re going to do Episodes VII, VIII and IX&amp;#039;, I was just gobsmacked. &amp;#039;What? Are you nuts?!&amp;#039; &amp;quot;I can see both sides of it,&amp;quot; he continued. &amp;quot;Because in a way, there was a beginning, a middle, and an end and we all lived happily ever after and that&amp;#039;s the way it should be - and it&amp;#039;s great that people have fond memories, if they do have fond memories. But on the other hand, there&amp;#039;s this ravenous desire on the part of the true believers to have more and more and more material.&amp;quot; Hamill has become known for his voice acting, particularly his recurring role as Batman villain the Joker. Photo gallery - &amp;#039;Star Wars&amp;#039; rare behind-the-scenes pictures:  "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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