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Mark Hamill timeline

  • Infancy: Mark Hamill is born

    Infancy: Mark Hamill is born
    On September 25, 1951, Mark Hamill was born.
  • Early Childhood: Mark Hamill attends elementary school

    Early Childhood: Mark Hamill attends elementary school
    In his elementary years, Mark Hamill lived in Virginia, attending Walsingham Academy in Williamsburg, Virginia. In elementary years, Mark Would be learning logical reasoning.
  • Adolescence: Mark Hamill leaves Virginia

    Adolescence: Mark Hamill leaves Virginia
    Due to the nature of his fathers job being a U.S navy captain, Mark Hamill would move to San Diego, California. Growing up in one place and moving to another would be like a restart for any young adolescent trying to find themselves.
  • Adolescence: Mark goes back to Virginia

    Adolescence: Mark goes back to Virginia
    In just his first year at at James Madison High School in San Diego, Mark and his family move back to Virginia where he would attend Annandale High School. All this moving around may make it hard to connect with people or make lasting friendships.
  • Early Adulthood: First Acting Gig

    Early Adulthood: First Acting Gig
    Around graduation and attending college, Mark Hamill made appearances on the Bill Cosby Show.
  • Adolescence: Mark moves across the world

    Adolescence: Mark moves across the world
    Mark Hamill’s father would be stationed in Japan where he would attend and eventually graduate at at Nile C. Kinnick High School. Moving so far from home meant he left everything behind, most likely making finding an identity much harder than it would be for someone who was relatively stationary most of their life. Identity vs identity confusion.
  • Early adulthood: Mark Attends college

    Early adulthood: Mark Attends college
    In his early adulthood, Mark Hamill attended LA community college, majoring in Drama. Finding you’re college major is part of identity and who you want to be.
  • Early adulthood: Luke Skywalker

    Early adulthood: Luke Skywalker
    At age 26, Mark Hamill portrays the legendary Luke Skywalker in Star Wars. This role would cement Mark Hamill’s identity as an actor and would go on to later win Saturn Awards for sequels.
  • Early Adulthood: Mark gets married

    Early Adulthood: Mark gets married
    Mark Hamill gets married to Marilou York. This is a common time for relationships and love which falls into the socio-emotional development.
  • Middle Adulthood: The Joker

    Middle Adulthood: The Joker
    At age 41, Mark Hamill voice acts as the Joker in an animated Batman series. At Middle Age, he is at an intellectual peak, meaning he most likely has perfected his craft as an actor.
  • Late Adulthood: The Last Jedi

    Late Adulthood: The Last Jedi
    At Age 66, Mark fully returns as Luke Skywalker in Star Wars The Last Jedi. At this age, Mark would be the wisest he could be, meaning he could bring moire to his long loved character.