The Butch’s Girlfriend Award for the Weakest Link in the Film
No consensus emerges: Mark Hamill’s early performance is criticized and defended, while Porkins is an alternate.
In the discussion (5)
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- The first response says, 'I couldn't think of one.'
- Mark Hamill is criticized as limited beside Fisher and Ford and described as an intentionally young, whiny system quarterback.
- The defense says Luke must begin uncertain and off-kilter so his confidence and scars across the trilogy register as growth.
- Kurt Russell is acknowledged as a cooler alternate who may have brought too much confidence to early Luke.
- Porkins is another answer because the pilot is immediately lost despite the rebellion’s thin roster.