Mark Hamill Weighs In On Latest 'Star Wars' Controversy

Actor Mark Hamill loves to interact with his fans and provide them with fun behind-the-scenes information.

He first portrayed Luke Skywalker in the first "Star Wars" movie ever made by George Lucas: 1977's "A New Hope." He has reprised his role in the Star Wars sequel trilogy and even made cameo appearances as a de-aged Luke Skywalker in the Disney+ series "The Mandalorian" and "The Book of Boba Fett."

On Sunday, Mark decided to weigh in on a controversy that has rocked the fandom for decades.

On July 8, the official Star Wars Twitter account created a poll asking fans how they pronounce AT-AT. After 136,439 votes, 71.3% said it's pronounced AT-AT, while 28.7% said it was pronounced AT-AT. Jokes aside, on Sunday, Mark actually seemed to provide a serious answer to the question.

Mark tweeted: "FYI: When we would ask George: "Is it Chew-bah-ka or Chew-back-a?" / "Is it Lay-a or Lee-a?" / "Is it Hahn or Han (as in hand)?"- he would just shrug & didn't really care. He told us it would be pronounced in various ways in different parts of the galaxy. 🤨#TrueStory"

Considering how many regional dialects exist throughout the world, it does seem like a good point that both variations of pronunciations would be correct given just how many species there are in a galaxy far, far away!

However, in a follow-up tweet, Mark clarified his own personal take on the matter. He said that he think it's pronounced like @-@ (at-at) even though he just calls them "walkers" - not to be confused with the zombies in "The Walking Dead!"

As another user pointed out, "What I find really interesting about the 'canon' pronunciation of R2D2 used in the official German dub is that it's pronounced Er-zwo-de-zwo, which is a non-standard way to say "2" (as in, it's a dialect) as opposed to the standard pronunciation Er-zwei-de-zwei."

Although Mark's answer did nothing to quell that age-old debate, he still has a lot of behind-the-scenes fun facts to share with Star Wars fans!

Back in April, Zane Hubbard tweeted a funny behind-the-scenes “Star Wars” video from “A New Hope” where they did a take, only to realize that a mic was in the picture.

“We need more Star Wars BTS like this!! Absolute gold!” Zane captioned the video, where he also tagged Mark Hamill.

A few days later, Hamill responded to the video. He retweeted the video, along with the caption, “The most fun was when Carrie, Harrison & I all got to work together. Here we are behaving like total brats, ganging up on George [Lucas] & teasing him mercilessly as if the "mike was in picture" was HIS fault!”

He said that “Our goofiness always seemed to cheer him up” and added the hashtag “#StarWarsBTS_Tomfoolery.”

Unfortunately, it seems like Zane has since deleted the video.

In late June, The Hollywood Reporter shared the news that a Star Wars X-Wing Fighter model used in 1977's 'A New Hope' sold for $2.3 million dollars at an auction.

The following day, Mark Hamill tweeted, "I should have kept mine."

Correspondent Rupert Myers then asked, "What's the most valuable thing you've ever kept? Surely a lightsaber?" However, what Mark kept seems to be a lot more personal.

Mark Hamill revealed he kept a pair of boots from "A New Hope," writing, "My boots from the very 1st film. Don't know their value because I'd never sell them."

Fans can't wait to learn what else they'll learn about Star Wars from their favorite actor!