Mark Hamill Says It Was ‘Agony’ To Keep Darth Vader/Luke Skywalker Twist In ‘Empire Strikes Back’ A Secret For A Year

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Today, it’s one of cinema’s best-known reveals: Darth Vader is Luke Skywalker’s father. But 40 years ago, Mark Hamill was one of the very few who knew the big twist in “Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back”.

Just a few days following the film’s 40th anniversary, Hamill revealed he was sworn to secrecy to protect the big moment as one of only three people who knew Skywalker’s parentage.

His co-stars and crew didn’t find out until they watched the movie for the first time. RELATED: Mark Hamill Is Done With ‘Star Wars’ Franchise: ‘I Had A Beginning, Middle And End’ “The cast & crew first learned of it when they saw the finished film,” Hamill tweeted on Sunday. “When we shot it, Vader’s line was ‘You don’t know the truth, Obi-Wan killed your