Mark Hamill Has One Regret About His Big Bang Theory Appearance

“The Huge Bang Principle” introduced on a ton of unbelievable visitor stars all through its 12-season run — including a ton of actors from the “Star Trek” franchise alone — however one of the vital thrilling cameos needed to be courtesy of Mark Hamill, the person well-known for enjoying Luke Skywalker in “Star Wars” who appeared within the season 11 episode “The Bow Tie Asymmetry.” In response to a tell-all e-book in regards to the present, although, he has one large remorse about his look on the sequence.

Hamill, enjoying himself, finally ends up encountering Howard Wolowitz (Simon Helberg) after Howard finds Hamill’s misplaced canine, appropriately named “Bark Hamill” — after which presents Howard a favor. Howard gleefully cashes in on that favor by getting Hamill to officiate the marriage of his associates Sheldon Cooper (Jim Parsons) and Amy Farrah Fowler (Mayim Bialik) … however as Hamill instructed Jessica Radloff in her e-book “The Big Bang Theory: The Definitive, Inside Story of the Epic Hit Series,” he was fairly unfamiliar with the sequence itself for some time.

“I did not actually stick to the sequence early on,” Hamill admitted, saying that he truly bought again into it whereas filming “The Final Jedi” in England. “I must do the treadmill, and I might discover on Saturdays and Sundays, one of many TV stations would air four-hour blocks of ‘Huge Bang,’ he continued. “By that point, there have been so many episodes I had not seen, so I might do the treadmill and measure them in, ‘Effectively, I will do one episode’s value on the treadmill.’ After which, ‘Oh, I will do two episodes’ value on the treadmill,’ adopted by three.” When all was stated and achieved, Hamill stated he had most likely seen someplace round 30-40 episodes earlier than he guest-starred on the sequence however wished he had seen extra earlier than making an look. “It took me months and months and months, however I’ve seen all of them now,” he confessed.

Clearly, Mark Hamill knew he was behind the curve with “The Huge Bang Principle,” however he made up for it in the long run — and as a “Star Wars” veteran and a popular culture lover himself, he in the end got here to essentially love the present.

“I knew they referenced all types of popular culture, and the characters beloved comedian books, science fiction, fantasy […] however I had no concept how ingrained it was and the way they might be so subversive of their humor,” Hamill instructed Jessica Radloff, praising the present’s acerbic perspective in direction of issues like, say, the “Star Wars” prequels. “Like, they’re planning a day to observe all the flicks and so they stated, ‘Effectively, you realize, we’re beginning out with “Phantom Menace” at midday and I am simply questioning if an hour is lengthy sufficient to schedule for complaints.’ I assumed, Wow, that is a burn! Very intelligent.”

The truth is, Hamill stated that he wished he had recognized extra in regards to the present earlier than showing on it as a result of he might have chatted with the solid and crew in regards to the many, many episodes that referenced “Star Wars” or its creator, George Lucas. “As soon as I knew all of this, it might have actually modified my expertise. I might have talked to them about once they go to [Lucas’ home] Skywalker Ranch, or [the season 9 episode “The Opening Night Excitation”] the place it opens with the crawl from [“Star Wars”],” Hamill mused. “I assumed I would seen loads after I did my episode, however I grew to become a completist and noticed all of them. I did not actually turn out to be enamored of it to the diploma I had turn out to be till I had the expertise of being on the present. I grew to become obsessive about it.”

The bit with Howard and Bark Hamill is simply the beginning of Mark Hamill’s activate “The Huge Bang Principle,” as a result of as I discussed, the entire thing culminates in Hamill officiating Sheldon and Amy’s long-awaited wedding ceremony. This a part of the episode is definitely a ton of enjoyable; everybody watching the ceremony is shedding their thoughts over the presence of Luke Skywalker and retains asking him in-depth questions on “Star Wars,” a lot of which he cannot even reply. (Fortunately, Stuart Bloom — played by Kevin Sussman, who nearly snagged the role of Howard — is aware of the reply to just about all of them.) Then, throughout the precise vows, Hamill is so overcome by how touching Amy and Sheldon’s speeches are that he cries … which is kind of superbly undercut when Sheldon asks Hamill to autograph one million issues after the ceremony ends.

Hamill, for his half, loves it — and his feelings had been apparently actual. “That was a cultural, pivotal second in popular culture,” Hamill recalled. “I did not count on the emotion of the second to occur to me, so when it did, I bought choked up. The entire episode was simply so effortlessly properly achieved. I like when Sheldon says, ‘I’ve 4 thousand issues so that you can signal.’ Jim Parsons is sensible, however that complete solid, actually, is simply perfection.”

“It was very nice to have him there,” Parsons agreed, saying that although the solid had solely simply met Hamill, it labored splendidly. “For such an enormous scene, it was oddly intimate. And you’ve got this individual concerned in a significant second who you do not know that properly and who’s by no means been on the present earlier than […] I form of loved that presence with us. It was superbly odd!”