Friday 6 May 2022

MARK'S MUPPET MINGLING! REMEMBERING 'THE MUPPET SHOW' (1980)

It's Pigs in Space for Luke Skywalker and Mark Hamill with the infamous Miss Piggy as the new Princess Leia! Images: ITC.

As both his earthbound self and his intergalactic relation in the slightly wacky version of Luke Skywalker, who'd memorably charge through the Muppet back stage area, blaster-in-hand shouting, "Down with the Empire!" and "Remember Alderaan!", Mark Hamill proved a classic guest star on The Muppet Show in the lead-up to the 1980 release of The Empire Strikes Back, the actor once more enjoying the company of Frank Oz, this time in his unique performance as the hero-smitten Miss Piggy. This hilarious preview of sorts for Empire (Season Four, Episode 17, airing February 29th, 1980) also showed us Luke's new rebel hero costume. 

What a fun time must surely have been had for Hamill, alongside co-stars Anthony Daniels and Peter Mayhew, in making this episode, especially with the latter's unique Wookiee dance moves with R2-D2 by the time of its memorable musical finale!





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