No Star Wars aficionado could ever forget the momentous scene (possibly one of the most gripping in the history of cinema) when Darth Vader tells a skeptical Luke, “No, I am your father.” Through the years, it has been used as a punchline, meme, or a comeback during casual chats and tête-à-têtes. Strangely, behind the scenes of this moment, a real-world father-son controversy took place between Mark Hamill – who portrayed Luke Skywalker – and his son Nathan.
According to the buzz, the child was born while the actor was filming the Empire Strikes Back, and now Hamill has taken to the Twitterverse to correct the hearsay and disclose how it really went down. He wrote:
“Actually it was a green-screen shot of me firing up at an AT-AT-then diving headfirst into "snow"-Originally given the day off-they called 9hrs after his birth asking for this 1 shot-during which I sprained my thumb-postponing that week's filming of the lightsaber duel #TrueStory”
Mark Hamill must have chanced upon the unverified version of the story about his son’s birth on The Jedi Council online page, which then prompted him to set the record straight. According to the actor, Nathan Hamill wasn’t born in the morning before he filmed the “I am your father” scene. It was, as fans noted, obvious that his character looked worn out. However, it seems this was the result of good acting, not delivery room exhaustion!
