{"id":65066,"date":"2023-12-21T23:08:17","date_gmt":"2023-12-21T23:08:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wegotthiscovered.com\/?p=1640680"},"modified":"2023-12-21T23:08:17","modified_gmt":"2023-12-21T23:08:17","slug":"mark-hamill-once-responded-to-a-fan-letter-by-calling-number-and-starting-years-long-friendship","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gamefootballmobileanimeiphone.com\/index.php\/2023\/12\/21\/mark-hamill-once-responded-to-a-fan-letter-by-calling-number-and-starting-years-long-friendship\/","title":{"rendered":"Mark Hamill once responded to a fan letter by calling number and starting years-long friendship"},"content":{"rendered":"
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\u201cIt was Jan. 2, 1982 at 2 p.m. I’ll never forget it.\u201d<\/p>\n

A fan of Mark Hamill<\/a><\/strong> recounted the moment that Hamill called her, which started a long-lasting friendship at the peak of his Star Wars<\/a><\/em> fame. <\/p>\n

As if there were any doubt before, Mark Hamill is definitely not on the dark side. In 1982, Hamill was still a year away from starring in Return of the Jedi<\/em>, which was the highly-anticipated conclusion<\/a> of the original Star Wars<\/em> trilogy. <\/p>\n

A fan reached out and wrote Hamill a letter to which he understandably didn\u2019t respond. However, every couple months, another letter from that fan arrived, with an interesting little idea.<\/p>\n

That fan\u2019s name is Lisa Cowan. She was a sci-fi fan who was thrilled about Star Wars<\/em>, and then after seeing Empire Strikes Back<\/em>, she decided to start a Mark Hamill fan club. She called it On The Mark<\/em>, and enlisted fellow Mark Hamill fans Shari Stitt and Lee Vibber to help run it. All three were married, grown-up women, and wanted to celebrate Hamill in a non-teenage heartthrob way, while also informing fellow fans about news regarding Hamill. With all these fan clubs for other big stars, why not Mark?<\/p>\n

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From the San Bernardino County Sun \/ screenshot via Newspapers.com<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Lisa wanted to do things the right way, and thought it would be wise to reach out to him directly for permission.<\/p>\n

In 1984, she spoke to journalist Mary Martin from the San Bernardino County Sun<\/em> in California about what happened next.<\/p>\n

After having sent Mark Hamill a few mockup newsletters over the course of about six months without hearing back, she decided to give it one last try. She explained to Martin, \u201cI sent him the latest mock-up and told him I would be at such and such date and time and asked him to please call me.\u201d<\/p>\n

That date was January 2, 1982. At the designated time of 2pm, Mark Hamill actually called her.<\/p>\n

It wasn\u2019t the first time Hamill was involved in an unusual phone call, thanks to someone once calling him and offering him money for secrets to Empire<\/em><\/a>. This phone call was thankfully much less bizarre. <\/p>\n

In a baritone voice over the phone Hamill said, \u201cLuke. I am your father!\u201d Ok, maybe that part is totally made up by me, but it would\u2019ve been great if he had. <\/p>\n

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Item of the Week: Podcast guest Lisa Cowan started publishing "On the Mark: The Newsletter for Mark Hamill Fans" in 1981. The issue prior to #ReturnOfTheJedi<\/a> highlights @HamillHimself's role as Mozart in the stage production of AMADEUS. To hear more: https:\/\/t.co\/Ha1gVKkF1L<\/a> pic.twitter.com\/4YJ057Zx9a<\/a><\/p>\n

— Star Wars at the Movies (@SWattheMovies) October 25, 2019<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n