Hamill

After nearly five decades as Luke Skywalker, Mark Hamill opens up about finding new purpose in Mike Flanagan’s “The Life of Chuck,” speaking out against Trump and rebuilding after the Malibu wildfires.

Hamill, of course, was in “Star Wars,” Sara in “Ferris Bueller’s Day Off,” Langenkamp in “A Nightmare on Elm Street” and Lillard in “Scream.”

Starring opposite Tom Hiddleston and Chiwetel Ejiofor, Hamill plays Albie, a widowed, math-loving Jewish grandfather facing the end of his life with quiet grace and stubborn decency — a role that, in an earlier era, might have gone to the likes of Richard Dreyfuss, Peter Falk or Judd Hirsch.

Hamill is well aware his political outspokenness can easily steal the spotlight, but he can’t help himself, even during this interview.

Flanagan, for one, hopes “The Life of Chuck” marks the beginning of a new chapter in Hamill’s on-screen career.