10 Ways Star Wars Actors FIXED Scenes They Hated
7. Mark Hamill Had Luke Wink At C-3PO (Rather Than Ignore Him) - The Last Jedi
Mark Hamill has made it incredibly clear that he didn't fully agree with the creative direction for Luke Skywalker in The Last Jedi, yet nevertheless gave himself over to Rian Johnson's expectation-subverting vision.
For the most part, anyway.
Hamill did pipe up, however, while shooting his reunion with Leia, R2-D2 (Jimmy Vee), and C-3PO (Anthony Daniels), because as written, Luke didn't acknowledge C-3PO at all.
Hamill felt strongly that Luke wouldn't ignore him, and so insisted to Johnson that he get a brief moment with the droid. In his own words:
"Initially, I didn't acknowledge Threepio, I walked right past him. I said, 'Rian, look, after all those years of service, even though we haven't been in contact in recent years, Threepio was the closest to a sidekick I had.' Harrison had Chewie and I had Artoo and Threepio, but he's so accommodating and so collaborative. He said, 'Oh, absolutely, you should go over there.' We didn't really have time to script anything... just to acknowledge him, and that's what I did."
And so, the scene ended with Luke giving Threepio a quick wink before moving on. It's a small addition, but one that ensured fans didn't cry foul that Luke straight-up blanked his old buddy.