10 Things We Learned From Mark Hamill At Star Wars Celebration Europe

2. He Addressed Several Fan Theories

Before the panel there was a discussion about the various crazy theories that were running around about The Force Awakens’ pre-release - the Darth Jar Jar one got a particularly big laugh - the biggest being the alt-opening of Luke’s hand flying through space clutching his lightsaber.

Now this has already been confirmed as the original opening, something Hamill reaffirmed, although he also confirmed another key part of the theory; he said the saber fell into Jakku’s atmosphere, which points towards the rumoured plot that the weapon, not the map, was the original macguffin.

He also addressed the theory that the pile of rocks he’s standing by at the end of the film is actually a gravestone; it wasn’t exactly a denial, but he said he didn’t know and thought it was after all just a pile of rocks. So not the final resting place of Rey’s mother then.