Natalie Portmancelebrated her 37th birthday over the weekend and the officialStar Warssocial media accounts asked fans to celebrate with her. Portman played Padme Amidala in the prequel trilogy who was later revealed to be the mother of Luke and Leia. In a surprising twist,Mark Hamillresponded by stating that he has never met hisStar Warsmother in real-life or even on screen for that matter. The idea that Hamill and Natalie Portman have never been in the same room together has fans dumbfounded.
Mark Hamill took to Twitter to respond to the officialStar Warstweets celebrating Natalie Portman’s birthday by saying, “Fun Fact: I’ve never met this woman.” While many fans believe that the tweet was a deliberate trolling by Hamill, others have found it kind of heartbreaking that Hamill has never met hisStar Warsmother, mirroring the tragic on-screen relationship that they had in the prequel trilogy. Anakin Skywalker’s turn to the Dark Side may have had real-life implications in the world of Lucasfilm.
All kidding aside, Rian Johnson got in on the conversation, noting that Natalie Portman had indeed visited the set ofThe Last Jediwhile she was filmingAnnihilation. However, the director believes that Mark Hamill had already wrapped filming by this point. Portman was shootingAnnihilationat Pinewood at the same time, but whileThe Last Jediproduction was coming to a close. It’s unfortunate that the on-screen mother and son were not able to connect at Pinewood, but since this is all over the internet, it’s only a matter of time before Natalie Portman and Mark Hamill meet up for some dinner and photo opportunities.
While Mark Hamill was never able to meet hisStar Warsmother, the late Carrie Fisher was able to when she presented Natalie Portman with an award. Fisher even joked that the two were related in real-life while promoting 2015’sThe Force Awakens. When asked what Leia would have said to Padme on-screen, Fisher said, “I wish I looked more like you. I’m okay but she’s the babe.” Additionally, Fisher admitted that they had only met once and revealed that her daughter’s father, Bryan Lourd, was Portman’s agent and said, “So in Hollywood, that’s like being related.”
Out of all of the detail that Lucasfilm pays attention to, it’s amazing that they never thought to get a roundtable discussion between Natalie Portman, Carrie Fisher, and Mark Hamill together, or at the very least a photo shoot. But, as previously noted, it’s really only a matter of time before Hamill and Portman meet for the first time, especially now that the cat is out of the bag about them never meeting after all of these years. For now, you can read what Luke Skywalker had to say about meeting hisStar Warsmother below, courtesy ofMark Hamill’s Twitteraccount.
